This missing one hundred hours is often referred to throughout the story, but it’s not until the conclusion that this particular question is answered, and while the answer isn’t revelatory for the main plot, it does provide context for one character’s motivation.Ĭaine’s mission to explore Delta Pavonis uncovers an intriguing mystery regarding humanity, but this mystery and its origins aren’t the focus of the story. When Caine is awakened from his sleep over a decade from the start of the book, he’s missing one hundred hours leading up to his unconsciousness. Both choices have their advantages (and disadvantages), and in this case, it did feel a little too long. This is often a difficult choice–give the story universe a sense of realism by adding seemingly authentic discussion of physics phenomena or accept the concept of a warp drive as an established science fiction device and continue with the story.
This clever plot mechanism allows Caine, and by proxy, readers, to come to understand the story world without adding too much exposition.īut other areas of the book, like the section describing space travel, seem a bit too wordy, especially for a science fiction book that isn’t quite hard science fiction.
And like Caine, readers learn bits and pieces of the universe and humanity’s role in it. What Gannon does well in this story is to gradually expose readers to the universe that Caine finds himself in when he awakens from his decade-plus long cryosleep. Gannon crafts an engaging story world in which the dominating mystery is slowly unraveled through the protagonist, Caine Riordan, as he’s awakened for a mission to explore the wrongdoings of a megacorporation on the colony world orbiting the star Delta Pavonis.
Exposition at points can feel a little too wordyįire With Fire by Charles E.Pacing can feel a little slow at points.Interesting mysteries that once explored, lead to more mysteries that expand the plot.Steady and engaging mystery that is expanded upon throughout story.
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