![]() In the first book, we’re introduced to a group of sentient extraterrestrial species with whom humans have been unknowingly sharing the solar system. The books are set during the middle to late years of the 21st century, by which time the current global sustainability crisis has worsened to the point of triggering massive die-offs of the human population. The Archives of Varok novels use the tools of science fiction storytelling to critique our present society’s blindness to ecological limits. Moreover, it doesn’t neglect the adventure and intrigue that make its predecessors such exciting reads. The book does at times feel a bit bogged down with introspection and philosophical reflection, but it never fails to be provocative and insightful. It’s just that this one takes the level of philosophical engagement to new heights in its tale of a young woman who leaves her home planet to find the answers to the cosmos. That isn’t to say that the others have shied away from deep subject matter they haven’t. (Penscript Publishing House, November 2016, 263 pages, $14.95)Īn Alien’s Quest is by far the most cerebral and metaphysical of all of Cary Neeper’s Archives of Varok novels.
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