The Sparrow

This story has been told before(Contact). A signal detected from another world and then the mad race to get there and find paradise because, in this case, we are all gods children. But, low and behold, what starts out as a fun time had by all, soon turns into a nightmare of epic proportions with only one survivor from a crew of seven.

For the most part it was a wonderful reading experience, beautiful in it's world building , full of mad ideas and interesting characters. however, it does get a bit bogged down a little bit in the middle with long discussions about faith and morality which I found a little bit boring.

The ending though., so brilliantly at odds with the rest of the book, brutal, horrific and shocking, and I really wasn't expecting it. Of course, non of what comes out in those final scenes will ever be made public becauase.... The Church.