A Lot of Growth Has Been Done By the Author and It Shows In this Novel!

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I'm the same age as the author, and when his debut novel was released, I was excited to read a book written by someone my age! Unfortunately, I could't get into the story, and I never completed "The Inheritance Cycle." And, I wasn't sure whether or not I would pick up a book by Christopher Paolini in the future.

Flash forward several years, and both author and reader have grown-up and matured in their readings and in their writings (I'm a writer/reviewer/librarian-in-training). Paolini has spent time to write a standalone science fiction novel about space colonization, aliens, and space scientists. After reading the opening chapters, I'm excited to see where this story goes, and how the author's craft has matured now that he's developed more as a writer.

Anyone whose read and enjoyed "To Be Taught If Fortunate" by Becky Chambers, will see this novel as an opportunity to continue reading about space, uninhabited planets, alien lifeforms. Anyone who enjoys sci-fi and space movies and TV shows should consider reading this as well. And, readers and speculative fiction fans of my generation will be pleased to know that "To Sleep in a Sea of Stars" is the book we've been waiting for by Christopher Paolini!