“Don’t open it until you’ve landed.”
“’Til we’ve landed?” I said. “That’s five months from now.”
He smiled and lowered his voice. “Do you know what separates us from the beasts, Viola?”
I frowned, sensing a lesson. “The ability to wait to open a present?”
He laughed. “Fire,” he said. “The ability to make fire at will. It allowed us light to see in the darkness, warmth against the cold, a tool to cook our food.” He gestured vaguely in the direction of the Delta’s engines. “Fire is what eventually led to travel across the black beyond, the ability to start a new life on a New World.”
Viola’s family is given a mission to prepare The New World for human colonization. It’s
a honorable mission because no one else on ships Delta and Alpha have lived on a real planet. In fact, humans haven’t lived on an actual planet since Old Earth was poisoned generations ago.
However, Viola doesn’t care how “honorable” the mission is. Deep down, she’s actually afraid. And why not? The last settlers didn’t come back. It’s disheartening! But everyone wants her to have hope.
Approaching their destination…something happens…
Overall I enjoyed this short read! The ending of this prequel makes me want to check out the rest of the Chaos Walking trilogy. Another thing that I really enjoyed was the theme of hope.
Sounds lovely! *adds to ever-growing TBR list* 😀 Thanks for sharing!
It was a lovely read! And the ending…I wont spoil it…but it was perfect. 🙂