Slow Ship to Oblivion

Absolutely love this cover, and when I came across it on Twitter, I was stoked to find that I already owned it. So I decided to give it a read.

The Cradle of the Sky is humanity’s last hope. Thousands of years ago, humans set sail to the great beyond in the far flung hopes that they could one day reach a new home. A planet that could sustain them the way that earth had. The earth they had destroyed. 4000 years into the 6000 year journey, and things are maybeee not going so great?

Due to the need of everyone having a specified role on the cradle, life has fallen back into work related castes. Jett Dresden, part of the hull repair crew, makes a shocking discovery that leads her to find out a secret that the navigation caste wants hidden. A little chaos ensues…

I enjoyed that while this is a dystopian twist to the utopia chasing tale, there was still goodness within the story. Jett’s father and sister are still with her. Their food allotment includes fresh produce, as well as a great scene talking about garlic. Jett even has her own room. And even though the cradle is hurdling towards something they didn’t expect, Jett doesn’t despair and tries to envision solutions. She ended up being a very powerful personality for a main character in such a short number of pages.

I also enjoyed the author’s decision to include different kinds of Christianity. With the tagline of ‘God Does Not Want Us here,’ I’m glad he didn’t just give us a straight forward force-feeding of the Bible. This is 4000 years into their travels, and there are new sects that you’ve never imagined. I thoroughly enjoyed this. It’s not always about the destination, it’s about the survival.