Nexus Series, Arc 2, Book 1, January 2027
Seven years have passed since Lauren and Alex defeated the Clan Cador rebellion. Seven years of peace and growth for the thirteen Terran clans.
Now the rulers of Terra are preparing to send the Comin heir—G’iad’a—back to her homeworld. The young heir spent the last years fostering on Terra with the rulers and the clans. Learning leadership, science, space navigation and engineering, and military strategy. Skills she will need to lead her world out of their disastrous past and into a promising future.
Lauren and Alex travel with the heir across the Milky Way to visit the clan’s devastated homeworld—Terra Prime. Sadness and sorrow fill Alex’s heart at the destruction they find on the once beautiful planet. Can they utilize the new Terran discoveries to restore Terra. Or will the Comin terraforming processes work? Or will something from Earth-reality help to rebuild this planet.
Old enemies are now allies but new enemies emerge from unexpected places. Lauren and Alex must again rally the clans. But time is again an enemy? What do they find at the edge of the Comin Nebula? Will time flow forward or back within the next convergence?
Reviews
“The start of another excellent series by Farlow, who has us gasping before many chapters are over. There’s no sitting back and expecting a quiet journey through space and time. I loved it all, and sadly you can’t just take my word for it. But do go and buy it!
This is Arc 2 of the Nexus series, and to get the best background along with detail of the characters and their appearance in the story it is better to read the first series starting with A Quantum Convergence. If you come across Quantum Time first, then you’ll be able to understand the story easily as Farlow explains the backgrounds of events.
The story mixes hard science with fantasy, time travel and parallel worlds and with such ease that it’s hard to remember that these people don’t exist today (as far as we know!). The hard science is explained well and so that I understood it despite not being a scientist. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the different architectures, world structures and their rocks and sometimes formation or destruction. The different places and their appearance are important for the story, as we move through nexus points across the universe and Farlow ensures you are swept up in the landscapes.
Lauren, the main character in the first series continues to be presented with challenges in her life; and to her happiness with Alex. I was with her every step of the way, hoping that she would succeed! I really enjoyed the increase in exposure of the companions as they helped Lauren, demonstrating a sound understanding of how those characters would progress when needing to step up to help.
I find myself reading through my review and thinking that it just doesn’t do the story justice. If you’ve ever tried to explain a story to someone and know you’ve come up short, then you’ve felt my pain. I’m waiting impatiently for the next volume.
You need to read this book.” —Valden Bush
“Hang on, you’ll be traveling into space, through space, through time, with characters who propel you along a you go. Immerse yourself as part of Alex and Lauren’s crew on this next adventure. Imagine the boldest decisions, the bravest interactions, the fiercest as well as the most fragile loyalties, betrayal by an unknown, the support of Ancients, the remarkable intricacy of galaxies. As you travel with the crew, you’ll understand far more science than you could if you studied astrophysics – and enjoy it so much! The countdown begins: 10… 9… 8…7″ —MB