Review: Terraformer

Terraformer by Colleen Houck
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Astra has a secret that her family has hidden her entire life.  Her mother even went so far as to forge documents for Astra to join a terraforming ship to a new planet.  This voyage is not normal though.  Her mother is stopped from boarding and Astra discovers upon waking that her father died in transit.  It is now just Astra and her brother in a strange new world.  After the ship lands and the crew begins the tasks they trained for, Astra’s supervisor is killed and that means there is a murderer among them.  Astra has two boys going after her heart, but is there something on the planet that is going after her mind?  Who can she trust on this new planet?

Terraformer is the first book in a new science fiction series by Houck.  Although Goodreads does not have it listed as a series or trilogy, Houck has posted on her blog that she is writing at least a sequel.  This is different than most of Houck’s other series since it isn’t primarily based on a myth, although, readers could see some “creation” myth weaved into the story … that is not the primary plot.  Terraformer has a little bit of romance and a lot of intrigue nestled throughout its pages.  The underlying drama slowly builds until everything is revealed during the last few chapters.  Readers who get to the end will know that there must be a second book and it will be exciting to see where this story goes next.

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