This turned out more philosophical than I expected, but there was so much fast paced action that I still flew through it! Highly recommended sci-fi YA.
2199 - Space travel is made possible through teleportation. Your body is burned atom by atom in your original location and shows up in the scanner wherever you desire. Jessica desires to stay on Earth but she’s scheduled to meet her parents on board the Theseus space ship. What’s meant to be a routine scientific exploration of a new planet (Carver 1061c) goes horribly wrong. Jessica wakes up on a broken space lander that has seemingly crash landed on the alien planet. There are freshly dug graves and the only other life form there is a ferret/snake hybrid creature and… another Jessica.
The characters were complex, the alternating perspectives were perfectly done, and the world building was eerie. I wish there was more development and answers at the end, but overall this was a wild, enjoyable ride!
2199 - Space travel is made possible through teleportation. Your body is burned atom by atom in your original location and shows up in the scanner wherever you desire. Jessica desires to stay on Earth but she’s scheduled to meet her parents on board the Theseus space ship. What’s meant to be a routine scientific exploration of a new planet (Carver 1061c) goes horribly wrong. Jessica wakes up on a broken space lander that has seemingly crash landed on the alien planet. There are freshly dug graves and the only other life form there is a ferret/snake hybrid creature and… another Jessica.
The characters were complex, the alternating perspectives were perfectly done, and the world building was eerie. I wish there was more development and answers at the end, but overall this was a wild, enjoyable ride!