Evolution

First Colony #1

by A.J. Marshall

The 'First Colony' series by popular sci-fi writer A J Marshall, is a futuristic, five-book series about man colonising the Moon. As our neighbour and partner in the vastness of space, the Moon’s close proximity dictates much more than just the rising and ebbing of our ocean tides. Since time began, the Moon has influenced the very fabric of our existence. Indeed, without the presence of this apparently inert body, the Earth would not have become an oasis for any species, least of all ours.The predictable and eternal passage of the Moon through the night sky has etched its form into the subconscious of each and every generation that has preceded us. And so too, whether in desperation or not, it was just a matter of time before man viewed this familiar place as an achievable goal, with a frontier to be crossed like any other and subsequently a new land to be settled. Like the Americas centuries before, a new world beckoning, with new opportunities and with new dreams over a distant horizon. However, as is often the case, the old lessons learned are quickly forgotten as humankind rushes to stake its claim – except that the irradiated cold of space and the desolate Moon are far less forgiving than any frontier that has beckoned before.A J Marshall is also the writer of the popular 5-book "Kalahari Series" of near-future science fiction novels. See them on Amazon, today.

Genres: Science Fiction

418 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 30, 2021

Reviews

[Murphies_law · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 12%

The book starts rather untypically. Instead of telling about the founding of the colony, there are musing about the differences of Earth and moon time, sexual regulations in effect and, later on, ramblings about virtual reality. I wonder if this book was written by ai as everything i read so far is either a monotonous monologue or an exposition dump.

As the writing style gave me no hope that anything interesting would happen anytime soon i gave up..


Criticism and comments

A lot of statements seem like a blast from the past, refering to hormonally caused emotional instabilities of women, "head of the house" which nowadays would trigger a lot of people. It's fascinating how sanitised everything has become by now due to society' surrender of realities to thw quest of (mostly theoretical) empowerment and the ever expanding feminist agenda..