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Zero Recall (2013)

by Sara King(Favorite Author)

4.28 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Parasite Publications

series

The Legend of ZERO

review 1: This is one of the best new entries in the SF market - begins with Forging Zero which is an Ender's Game for grownups. Sara King does dialogue and plots v. well and v. intricately. The second - Zero Recall - is better than the first: more amazing aliens, more interspecies friendships, more carefully crafted plotlines with different POVs - all this securely tethered to the wonderful human hero - Joe. The thankfully long books are never boring, largely because the nonhuman species are well conceived (and surprised me - the Barga was just fantastic). While there are many aspects derivative of other's work, that's pretty much the rule for SF - and the author has selected the things I like the most - references words that are rarely explained (think Ridley Walker or Feersum En... morejin), new aliens (think old Jack Chalker Well of Worlds), intricate plotting (Iain M Banks RIP). Interestingly 3 of my favorite new authors started out self-publishing (free or nearly so) - Brent Weeks (both Way of Shadows and Black Prism), Mike Shevdon (61 nails) and now Sara King. I've been most happy to pay money after my freebie for every book they write.
review 2: I feared, after finishing Forging Zero, that the series would fall into the common trap that successful series fall into, and devolve into a serial string of adventure-of-the-week stories, with no overall progress or change. However, Zero Recall managed to completely avoid this mistake, introducing changes in Zero himself, as well as shifting the focus of the story. I would argue that this book is not so much about Zero as it is about the development and expansion of about three of his sidekicks/enemies. And it is by no means a repeat of the first book with a different setting. It is a completely different sort of story.The plot line was quite well-crafted and intricate, without being too contrived. What I really love is when there is an intricate storyline like this that spans several books. There are some hints that King is planning a very vast storyline, but most of the complicated parts of this story seem to have fit into this book without spilling over. less

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