Book: Antimatter Blues
Author: Edward Ashton
Pages: 298
This is my 127th read for the year
What Amazon Says:
Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the 6-winged bat-things are chirping, and much to his own surprise, Mickey Barnes is still alive - that last part thanks almost entirely to the fact that Commander MArshall believes that the colony's creeper neighbors are holding an antimatter bomb, and that Mickey is the only one who'se keeping them from using it. Mickey's just another colonist now. Intead of cleaning out the reactor core, he spends his time these days cleaning out the rabbit hutches. It's not a bad life. It's not going to last. It may be sunny now, but winter is coming. The antimatter that fuels the colony is running low, and Marshall wants his bomb back. It Mickey agrees to retrieve it, he'll be giving up the only thing that's kept his head off of the chopping block. If he refuses, he might doom the entire colony. Meanwhile, the creepers have their own worries, and they're not going to surrender the bomb without getting something in return. Once again, Mickey finds the fate of 2 species resting in his hands. If something goes wrong this time, though, he won't be coming back.
This was a decent book. It is a second in a series (and last I believe), and there was also a movie based on the 1st book (even though the movie changed a bit). This is an easy read with several likable characters. There is a bit of humor (especially from our main character Mickey). Has a decent ending.
Stars: 4
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