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Sounds potentially interesting. If it comes out as an audiobook, let me know! Judging by the synopsis, I see a lot of romance (which I avoid reading), and nothing that implies individualism vs collectivism. Open to further description.
Abby:There definitely is romance, but what drives the character development of the protagonist is her realization of the value of the individual. Here are some excerpts, first from where Amberly starts and later where she ends up:
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Amberly also understood that in order for Chasm’s utopia to be built, that the individual had to submit to the greater good. Millions of people had died on earth because of the chaos of individualism, Amberly reasoned. Why is it so hard to accept that a few thousand might need to die for a perfect world?
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It was her home. It was worth fighting for. And now Amberly felt it was worth dying for.
The people on Magellan, progressives and traditionalists, atheists and believers, the native-born and the Ararans, men and women, all worth saving: They were Magellan, both adjective and noun. Those unique, individual lives were worth something, not just as the collective population of Magellan, or even as a social team that kept Magellan running smoothly as a key link between Earth and Arara. Individually they were worth celebrating and worth protecting.
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“You’re crazy,” Amberly said, and then looked around at the Chasm operators standing at the various stations on the bridge. “You are all crazy! Humanity is not a cosmic accident waiting for you to fix. What makes us beautiful is that we are all broken. You can’t purge the brokenness out of us. You can try to social engineer and rewrite everything that makes us human: our weaknesses, the love of a man and a woman, our individualism, our competitive spirit, whatever you progressives want to fix. But it won’t change anything. Everything you don’t like about Earth is hardcoded in your DNA and in your souls. Don't you see? You are bringing with you the very thing you are trying to escape: your humanity.”
Abby wrote: "Sounds potentially interesting. If it comes out as an audiobook, let me know! Judging by the synopsis, I see a lot of romance (which I avoid reading), and nothing that implies individualism vs co..."
Abby wrote: "Sounds potentially interesting. If it comes out as an audiobook, let me know!
Judging by the synopsis, I see a lot of romance (which I avoid reading), and nothing that implies individualism vs co..."
Abby wrote: "Sounds potentially interesting. If it comes out as an audiobook, let me know! Judging by the synopsis, I see a lot of romance (which I avoid reading), and nothing that implies individualism vs co..."
Hello,
If you looking for a thriller about individualism vs. collectivism I think you would like “Liberty Lost: How Debt Destroyed Our Freedoms”. The first four chapters available to read at www.jamesgcolt.com.
Thanks,
James
Well, I love romance and all the better if paired with action sci-fi. I'll give it a look.
"Amberly’s quiet, lonely life as an orphaned 19-year-old stellar researcher on Waypoint Magellan is upended when the spaceship American Spirit arrives, bringing a roguishly mysterious scientist, Dek. Magellan is a deep space outpost eight lightyears from Earth where interstellar ships find welcome harbor on the decades-long journey to the planet Arara. Soon Amberly finds herself caught in the middle of an interplanetary conspiracy – torn between Dek and the handsome, patriotic Marine, North. Amberly must decide what price she is willing to pay to discover the secrets of her late mother and her own guarded heart. Lightyears from help and trapped in the path of a lethal revolution, Amberly must rely on her wits and have faith in those she loves to have any hope of surviving the conflict that threatens the lives of everyone on Waypoint Magellan."