Today, our choice is Gary Henson’s “Arlo and Jake Enlist” (https://t.co/n18qNiAb6k). Arlo and Jake Enlist is an independently minded and independently authored exciting work, and so when it comes to outstanding items in all the realms of speculative fiction, we are sure this one belongs on our lists. Going beyond the front cover, we discover a plot that is compellingly ingenious in its emotional content. If you like a good book, you need to start searching how sci-fi readers took it. According to an obviously enthused reader, “This was full-bore entertainment and I loved it. Being about the same age as Jake, one of the two main characters–the other being, Arlo, a telepathic Panther Chameleon–it was fun to imagine being conscripted into a galactic federation and then put through a medical procedure in which nearly 40 years are taken off my aging body. Another reviewer mentioned that the only thing that was lacking was a villain. I must disagree. The villain is alive and well in one evil galactic federation, the Galactic Houses of Aquinoxous, led by the warrior ‘Octozoid’ species. Their intent is to wipe out all terran life forms throughout the galaxies, and then 'aquaform’ the planets for colonization. Oh, I hope that Earth is never in their focus… Hmmmm. I can hear Mister Henson’s evil laugh already.” If you made it through this sincere tribute, you might as well continue the whole way and search for a copy of the book yourself. If not, subscribe for email updates until we discover the next big science fiction author of our time. We know it’ll happen eventually.
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