Patrick S. Tomlinson

Patrick Tomlinson’s The Ark is a police procedural set on a generation ship nearing the end of a three-hundred-year journey to the Tau Ceti G system. Policing hasn’t been a big problem. The lead detective, Bryan Benson, is a retired zero-g athlete whose main concern has been getting folks to secure loose objects for an upcoming deceleration burn. But then a rare missing person case becomes an even rarer murder case. Benson’s investigation leads to the discovery of more serious crimes. The expected plot twists keep you turning pages.… (mehr)

A rather enjoyable detective story set on a generation ship (which by their nature are always quite dystopian) carrying the last of humanity to a new planet after the Earth gets destroyed after finding itself in the path of a wandering black hole.

This was one of those books that i just flew through, which is always a good sign of how well something is written and how well it perks up my interest in it.

So yeah, all good, and there's another two books to follow in the trilogy which i'm looking forward to.

The next book is Trident's Forge.… (mehr)

Humanity has finally begun to settle into their new home.   The new colony is coming along well with the ship locked in orbit at the end of an orbital lift providing all their needs, but Mei and the rest of the unbound have decided they don't want to be any part of this new society and go off on their own across the ocean to meet the natives.

Then all hell breaks loose and Bryan, our illustrious detective from the first book (who is now the chief re-creation officer for the colony), ends up in the thick of it all on the other side of the planet.

All in all, a super good first-contact story, without none of that Star Trek first directive getting in anyone's way: oh dear!

And now i'm really looking forward to Children of the Divide, the third book of this thoroughly enjoyable trilogy.… (mehr)