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The media, fuelled by environmental scientists, is
ever-increasingly on at us all to care more about the world we live in and urges
us to be wary of the consequences of exploiting its finite resources. Some of us take it very seriously, and some
have a devil-may-care attitude believing their own lifetime is perfectly safe…
….but what if there was another world which bore the brunt
of the effects of our selfishness? What
if the inhabitants of that world suffered directly from the way we continue to use
and abuse what nature has given us freely and liberally? What if the inhabitants of that world are
forced to enter ours and seek revenge for our unwitting destruction of
theirs? The two worlds share, not only essential
resources, but also an inability of those who rule to agree on the best
remedial approach. As a result, a young
girl, Arieana's, brother is killed by a militant faction amongst his own people and
Arieana is forced into ‘our’ world to seek vengeance for his death.
However, she encounters much more than obstacles in the way
of her resolve. She discovers, after
meeting an enthusiastic archaeologist, that her world has a history kept secret
by those who govern it, the key to which are some crucial ancient relics –
crucial because they will be fundamental in saving mankind. The acquisition
of these relics becomes a race as the militants are after them too – for much
more devastating reasons.
This is definitely a book with a message – a very topical,
serious and important message. It’s artfully
interwoven into a story with some very determined characters and a tense and
climactic ending. Scientists may try to
instil in us the cause and effect of our devastation of natural resources, but
Robyn gets you thinking on quite another dimension.
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