Heaven's Shadow

After the first few pages and reading things like "trajectory, plasma curtain, cylindrical, and neo (near-earth-object)" I thought maybe this book was going to be a little too..... nerdy for me to get into haha. After the second chapter I crossed a line into a whole new level of nerdiness and LOVED......more

A little over a year ago I read and reviewed the classic science fiction novel Rendezvous with Rama. David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt’s Heaven’s Shadow is in many ways a modern update to that story and tries to blaze a new path employing tropes and scientific concepts that weren’t as familiar or a......more

Heaven's Shadow was an interesting read, and I have mixed feelings about it. To keep it short, it was a throwback to those BDO books that, for me anyway, are the cornerstone of sci fi. I couldn't decide on whether or not to give this book 3 stars or 4. I'm still not sure, I may feel differently a few......more

Heaven's Shadow has a lot going for it: an interesting lead character, a couple of ongoing mysteries, a representation of the near future which feels real, cool spaceflight and technology, an international rivalry, tense action sequences, aliens, a nifty cover, and a cute central pun (the Near Earth......more

This was one of the most enjoyable reads I've had in a long time. The feeling that this could all happen, the fear, desperation and wonderment from the characters really capture my attention and awe. It harkens back to a time when Sci/Fi was more than just laser guns and space battle akin to 1945 dog......more