![]() The freighter captain Shepherd is especially memorable, and his vessel Soteria is very much a character in her own right with numerous surprises up her sleeve. Bale has chosen to depict only a few characters in this book, but they are masterfully drawn and succeed in paying homage to classic science fiction like Firefly and Star Wars while retaining a distinctive individuality of their own. Like all good science fiction, the story focuses on the characters. ![]() ![]() In the first book, the author paints an uncomfortable and frequently bleak vision of a future in which humanity has spread beyond the ruins of Earth. This book includes both The Heretic and Defiance. I read all three volumes when they were originally published, but when each piece of the puzzle is read in context the final product is so much more than the sum of its parts. This series is something very special indeed. I think what really attracted me to the genre was the sheer variety and originality of the stories: a kaleidoscope of worlds and characters. I devoured the works of Isaac Asimov, Aldous Huxley, Douglas Adams, and many other writers. To read my original full reviews of these books, click here for The Heretic and here for Defiance.Īs a child, I was obsessed by science fiction. ![]() Here’s my summary review of this remarkable work of science fiction. My friend and colleague Lucas Bale has just released books one and two of his critically acclaimed Beyond the Wall series as a collected volume. ![]()
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