Salvation Day

June 1, 2019

Zahra wants a new life for herself and her younger brother and sister, far away from the deaths of her parents and the people who destroyed them. A plan, orchestrated by her leader, Adam Light, promises a new home for them in the stars. The exploration vessel, House of Wisdom, sits deserted after a virus killed almost everyone onboard a decade ago. Now, Zahra and her team plan to take control of the spaceship and lead their people home. All they need to do is kidnap the sole survivor, Jaswinder Bahttacharya, and use his genetic signature to sneak onto the ship. However, their plans begin to deviate off course almost immediately. When they finally board, the truth behind the abandonment of the vessel is one they never saw coming. Among the dead lies a sleeping secret, one that they will inadvertently wake. VERDICT Wallace (The Memory Trees) delivers an exciting sf thriller that shines a light on government secrets, shifting blame, and elitism and class in a future society. The tight plot and well-developed characters create an engrossing read.--Kristi Chadwick, Massachusetts Lib. Syst., Northampton

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