While I never really connected to her well, I admired her actions and her perseverance and she gets put through some very tough situations (many life or death instances) and manages to pull through believably. When it comes to the story itself, I really enjoyed it! Kira was a great protagonist that had an interesting character development. The back of this book is also filled with scientific research papers and such, so it’s clear Paolini put a lot of work and research and effort into this book and it really shows. Technological advances are heavily involved in this book like travelling on ships by the speed of light and science-y goodness I can’t even begin to fully comprehend, that any science nerd will relish. I was entranced and needed to find out more about how Earth had changed and evolved as I kept reading. Everything within this story is based on how humans expand their technology and reach to live on other planets and continue exploring to find these other intelligent signs of life and aliens themselves.įirst off, Paolini set up this world so well. I had never given it that much thought but what really makes this science fiction is that it is set in our world a world where we lived hundreds of years before and the characters we meet are living in a future that spans from now. Throughout the book, this story really solidified the difference between science fiction and science fiction fantasy for me. I know I’m being super vague but that’s because there are so many spoilers and so much to learn that you simply have to read it to find out! In general though, this book and Kira’s story is about her experience as she makes first contact with aliens. This crazy alien dust ends up being an alien lifeform that completely changes the universe as humans know it as more is uncovered as a result. To her immense surprise, she ends up finding a massive discovery on the planet she’s currently on that changes her life. So, in To Sleep In A Sea of Stars, we follow Kira, a xenobiologist who works on foreign planets analysing and collecting their biological flora and fauna. If you’re a fan of plot-driven books with lots of action, this is definitely it. This novel was a wild ride from the start to the end. Now, Kira might be humanity’s greatest and final hope. While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. First contact isn’t at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. At first she’s delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move.Īs war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worldsĭuring a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a masterful epic science fiction novel from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the Inheritance Cycle, Christopher Paolini.
Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
'Action-packed SF adventure that zings along at hyperluminal speed' – Peter F.
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