Kay Kenyon, Bright of the Sky

Bright of the Sky

Kay Kenyon

PYR, April 2007, $25.00

ISBN 1591025419

During a simple interstellar space trip like the zillion he has done before, pilot Titus Quinn, his wife Johanna Arlis and their nine-year-old daughter Sydney run into trouble, in which the trio land in a different parallel universe, the Entire. Titus returns to the earth he knows, but his two beloved females remain behind in the Entire. Though no one can explain how much he has seemed to have aged, nobody believes his tale filled with memory lapses, as everyone assumes his women are dead. Titus vows to return to the Entire to rescue his wife and daughter.

With the help of the not altruistic Corporation, who seek new space travel technology. They can afford the price of a defrocked pilot and a ship, so Titus returns to the Entire on his quest to find and rescue Johanna and Sydney. On this parallel plain, the Tarig, who rule the realm anticipate his heroic efforts, though a decade has passed since he crashed here. With the help of Anzi of the Chalin people, Titus begins in earnest; his mission starting with an effort to liberate an enslaved Sydney, even as he knows he will have to serendipitously infiltrate the Ascendancy where the Tarig power, and he believes his family's salvation reside. He remains ignorant for now, but soon will know the dilemma of choosing between loved ones and universes that await him. His choices of ten years ago come home to roost.

This is an exhilarating action-packed science fiction thriller, that through mostly the actions of the desperate hero, enables the audience to believe in the parallel universe that sort of runs through ours. The storyline never slows down, yet is filled with twists and turns that will shock readers, yet seem plausible. Fans of tense sci fi thrillers with moral considerations will appreciate this deep tale of redemption but at a high cost.