Somewhere down the road mankind has fouled his own nest and
is planting celestial colonies as a heritage escape. The discovery of planets that take a minimal
amount of terraforming is a major boon.
One planet is seeded with a Hopi Indian culture.
The Hopi mythology is alluded to in this book with out a
great deal of background. The Hopi are
assured that if they promote the development on a stable ecology that the
planet will be theirs. Due to the
historic obfustication of the Reed, the
Earth governing body, the Hopi are skeptical that they will be allowed to keep
the planet.
Distrust of
governing bodies as well as bad behavior by said governing bodies is the common
thread throughout the book. The arrival
of aliens who appear to have had first claim on the planet provides one leg of
the tension of the plot. Their arrival
precipitates the Reed into expected proprietary behavior.
The interplay
between SandGreyGirl, her mother, the aliens, the competing local government
bodies and the Reed representatives generate the action and adventure.
I recommend the
book.
Again I am shocked that a writer doesn't have his own web
site.
Web: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Keyes
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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