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INDIE REVIEW: EXIT ELEONORA

5/27/2015

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EXIT ELEONORA, BY RICHARD ALLAN
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Today’s indie review is really epic, guys. Typically, when I read a book on my e-reader, I can move fairly quickly through a book. But this one took some time, mostly because I didn’t want to miss anything.

Richard Allan’s Exit Eleonora focuses on Charles Mincher, a journalist who has been tasked to look into the repercussions of an alien race’s work on the Earth. It’s 2047 and the world’s population has fallen to 450 million after both the aliens and a worldwide pandemic. The Earth is dying, and the population has divided into two groups: country and city. 

Mincher is given the opportunity to go up onto the Eleonora – a giant spaceship – and to live peacefully with the Agaveils, an alien race that lives over a hundred light-years away. It seems like the opportunity of a lifetime, and a no-brainer of a decision for Mincher. Unfortunately for him, however, he’s fallen in love. Lucy has caught his eye, and now he has to weigh the option of experiencing this amazing race with being with the woman he loves.

What I like about this book is the believability of it. He gives very real examples of the Earth’s degradation. For example, the planet is so covered by cities that now the cities are being demolished to make room for planted ground. (I thought this was an interesting twist on the current tendency to demolish planted ground to expand cities.)

Whether you like self-published fiction, or you like science fiction-y stories, this is worth a read. It’s an interesting look at Allan’s perspective of the future, drive by a compelling story.  


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