A Future World Of Danger And Love

Ruby's Fire by Catherine Stine

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


What if plants were more than just plants? What if they did more than provide you with food? What if they could talk to you and you to them? Imagine the excitement such a plant would create in our world.

Author Catherine Stine’s latest science fiction novel, RUBY’S FIRE, takes the reader to a futuristic world where seventeen-year-old Ruby and her younger brother, Thorne, have fled from their home to escape Stiles, the man that claimed Ruby when she was a child and who she fears will kill her. As Ruby and Thorne seek a new place to live, they meet others their age and soon are caught up in a life Ruby never had imagined. The author describes their world in such detail that I could feel the heat of the land. (And I thought Texas was hot.) I could picture the fields of Fireseed and hear their whispers as the plants talked to Ruby and Thorne.

The relationship between Ruby and her brother is one of the most beautiful parts of the story. She’s so gentle and caring with him, and, even though he seldom speaks, he clearly loves her. And he knows things about the Fireseed others do not know. As Ruby struggles to keep them safe, she faces one challenge after another, not knowing who to trust. She’s also falling for one of the young men she’s met at the school where she and Thorne have been taken in. RUBY’S FIRE is a story about greed and evil. It’s also a story about friendship and love. I highly recommend it for science fiction lovers and for readers who enjoy a good story with characters that make you hope their lives have happy endings.
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