Captain Zail Jent has crashed her malfunctioning craft on Earth.
She gets out in time before it slips into a river, marooning her in a climate-ravaged, hostile part of the planet. And her smart suit that mind controls and protects her through a meds feed has failed, causing drug withdrawal amnesia and sickness. If she doesn’t get help soon, she is going to die.
With Zail’s memory gone, she puzzles over who she is, where she comes from, and what she is meant to do here. And how is she going to get home?
As her memory returns, Zail begins to question whether home is what she thought it was, forcing her to cast doubt on everyone.
But what if she is the one who should be feared?
What did I think?
Wow! What an incredibly thought-provoking and entertaining read. I don't read a lot of science fiction but I do like dystopian novels so I am so pleased that Scorched Planet Policy straddles both genres as it's an absolutely cracking book.
When Captain Zail Jent crashes her craft on Earth, she is shocked to see the damage humans have caused on their own planet. Seeing Earth through alien eyes is incredibly powerful and it's actually heartbreaking to see what it looks like from space in Bob Fairbrother's imagined not too distant future of 2054.
It's quite a short book at 194 pages but it's worth taking your time over it to appreciate the intelligent plot and to consider the powerful and very realistic issues that face the planet. To lighten the somewhat heavy storyline, it is written with a sprinkling of humour that did actually make me laugh out loud on numerous occasions.
Intelligent, thought-provoking and scarily realistic, Scorched Planet Policy is an unforgettable and unmissable novel that will appeal to readers of all genres. Even if you don't normally read science fiction or dystopian, you will not regret picking up this important and timely novel that entertains from start to finish.
I received a gifted paperback for the Love Books Tours bookstagram tour this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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Mentor and coach, trail runner, hiker, skier, French language mangler, book reader, junior football league volunteer, Brighton and Hove Albion FC supporter, player of the occasional game of table football, creator of the South Devon Book Festival and writing.
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