Summary:
After nearly a century of oppression, the human race can finally explore the stars. Now part of a newly-formed alien alliance, the military commemorates this new age by building their first generation of starships to explore the unknown.
When the crew of the Infinity embarks on the starship's maiden voyage, they're primed for a mission of exploration and discovery - not confrontation. But when an unimaginable threat derails their plans, they're forced to rethink everything they believe to be true...and question where their loyalties lie. With time running out, they must make a life-and-death decision: surrender to their basic instincts, or face an even greater danger that threatens them from within.
My Thoughts:
It took me a long time to get invested in the story and the characters, and that made me almost walk away from this. But I'm so glad that I didn't.
The Prologue is useful, but you don't understand the importance of it until much, much later in the novel.
I found myself really liking Annette, despite the fact that we're not really supposed to. Despite the rumors that turned out to be true, she's a flawed but very intriguing and likable character.
Jacob seems to be a very minor character, but he becomes more important later on.
Throughout the story, I have been conflicted about Frank. He's likable and interesting, but I also don't like some of the decisions he made later on in the book.
The alien characters were very interesting; I wish that they were a larger part of the novel.
The ending was very conflicting. On one hand, I thought that what happened was the best of two bad options, but on the other, it would have been nice to have captured the enemy race instead of wiping them out.
Overall, I liked it. If you like stories set in space in the future with moral dilemmas, this book is for you.
My Rating: 3.5 stars
