SOJALS rating:

Mediocre (1/5)

I read this in January 2000.

The colony has failed. Some survivors escaped to the space station orbiting the planet and managed to retain some of their technology. The others, left to die on the surface, struggle to survive. Or hero in waiting, Reeve Calder is a young man who was brought up on the space station.

When bad things happen, Reeve is abandoned on the surface and struggles to bring himself and his companions to the only safe refuge, and to prevent an even greater disaster for the whole world. On their way to the refuge, they travel through the fragmented and degraded remnants of the dying colony.

This was readable and good fun. I've read enough "young man embarks on dangerous journey to save the world and learns about himself" but this does have something more. It's quite hard-hitting in places, with some tough moral choices.

Also, it's got nasty aliens, the orthong, and even a dash of alien sex.