3.5 Stars
Temar made the classic mistake a younger sibling can make, to follow.
The council's judgement sets Cyla and Temar in their new lives, ten years of enslavement for destruction of property and squandering a precious resource.
Conspiracy and theft. Enslavement and abuse.
"If Young was stealing water, and Temar agreed with his sister on that one, then the man deserved slavery, but Cyla’s joy at the thought made him a little uneasy."
A system that has a correctional system of enslavement/indentured servitude, a history of recent abuse within the system, and fails to follow up on those sentenced regularly--that's a problem.
“I’m bothered by the things I see around us.”
“Oh, wait until you’re my age,” Div promised. “You’ll be absolutely terrified by them. I think God measures our lifespan in how much change we can take before our heads explode.”
Investigation. Subterfuge.
The plot picks up pace as Shan and Temar run from danger and try and track down what is happening. There's evading bad guys and enduring the harsh environment, neither of which is an easy thing. There are parts of the story that remind me of both Dune and McCaffrey's Pern series, but without the fantasy elements.
Ends not in a cliffhanger, but certainly with unresolved issues to be answered in subsequent stories. Shan and Temar's tentative circling is adequately concluded with hopes for much more. I'm certainly interested in reading more of the series.
Favorite quote:
“You’re so busy trying not to do something wrong that you didn’t do anything right."
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