"‘Ripples in the Rift’ by Mol Smith is a creative and complex narrative that sees the age old fight between Good and Evil acted out on a young planet."
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A Sci-fi epic of good vs evil battled out on a young world. ‘Ripples in the Rift’ by Mol Smith is a creative and complex narrative that sees the age old fight between Good and Evil acted out on a young planet. Beth and her crew of scientists have landed to explore and investigate the planet with the aid of genetically modified, native apes. Cantana, once rejected by Beth, is a vicious Captain mining the planet’s Uranium Ore as part of his job, but also for his own gain. Over the course of the plot we follow the conflict between the Scientists and miners with the fate of the planet and everyone’s lives at risk. There’s variation of pace throughout the novel, with opposing sides coming into conflict quite quickly, and times with less action to allow for character development and relationships to form. Beth, her friends and colleagues grow closer to the native Apes and each other, with romantic relationships found across species and race. Meanwhile Cantada finds a kindred sadistic spirit in Shella who bond and gain gratification from violence. I would say that this book is not for the squeamish, as Catanda and Shella are both adept at torture and rape, both of which graphically feature in scenes that effectively demonstrate just how downright cruel they are. There are plenty of tropes that readers will be familiar with including space and time travel, the concept of multiple lives and soulmates. However the author has constructed their own unique world, with an interesting plot, setting and characters. I think I am perhaps a little bit too squeamish to have fully enjoyed this book, but I found that ‘Ripples In The Rift’ was an inventive and detailed sci-fi story, with plenty of scope for Beth and Bud’s story to be developed in any other future books.
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Available internationally from the author's website.
An epic science fiction novel. A young woman (Beth) leads a science research team on a distant world at the same time as another team, protected by a large armed force, mine for precious ore. The science team genetically modify some members of one species, ape-like bipeds, to help provide labour. When the ruthless leader of the mining camp (Catanda) decides he will keep some of the ore for his personal gain, and he exterminates members of another mining group, the peaceful people of the science camp find themselves pitched in deadly conflict with Catanda and the armed forces. They seek refuge among the ape-people as a struggle begins for all their survival when Catanda threatens to exterminate them. They appear to have little hope of winning a conflict against a superior and technological armed force. A story of immortal love, ruthlessness, and the endless struggle of good against evil set in the jungle and desert of a young world.
Ripples In The Rift features in the following genres: Indie Author Books, Science Fiction, Recommendations, Fiction
Ripples In The Rift is available in Paperback
Ripples In The Rift was written by Mol Smith and published by Onview.net Ltd.
