"The resiliency of the human spirit is alive in this book"
America as we know it has been destroyed by a
combination of nuclear and biological weapons. However,
the final death is caused by a collective cultural lack of
belief in anything non material. Amidst this manifest
destiny of death and destruction remains a few oasis of
civilization when a fringe survivor group forges a society
along the expanded shores of The Great Salt Lake. With
this background, awesome award winning Orson Scott Card
provides five interrelated tales about the efforts of these
few to reconstruct civilization anchored by religion. Each story is well written and paints an optimistic
future on top of a gloomy present and a dead past. The
cast seems genuine adding to the reality of a doomed future
America. Fans need to understand that this fabulous
anthology is not a story a night collection because the
theme makes the short stories seem more like chapters of a
fantastic science fiction novel though each entry can stand
alone. Mr. Card once again proves he is the ace of genre
writers. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted July 26, 2001
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