Book of the Day, Tue, 13 Jul 2021 08:57:51

Today’s choice is J. D. Sanderson’s “A Footstep Echo” (https://t.co/f5Smk9BiyX). Echo is an amazing work, and if we’re going to pay tribute to incredible works in all the universes of sci-fi, we are not regretting including this one as #1 today. For certain, we discover a story we conclude is exceedingly entertaining in gifts. If we assume you share our enthusiasm for a good book, you should appreciate how sci-fi readers react. According to one reader, “J. D. Sanderson has come on the literary scene with an absolute home-run of a story. I love mystery and action fiction, and always seem to get into the rut of reading the same authors that I like over and over. Sanderson is a very welcome, refreshing new talent who has created a wonderfully woven tale that’s a totally engaging, fast-paced roller coaster of a ride…from the very first chapter to the close of the back cover when you’re finished. Sanderson does an excellent job of character development, and provides the whole range of personalities from the elderly Bernard Abbey who invokes empathy from the moment he is introduced, to the contemptable, well, you’ll have to decide which characters fit into that bucket because there are surprises around every corner! And, not unlike the Star Trek series which I have loved for 50+ years, A Footstep Echo provides some very interesting food for thought about the human race and the possibilities for our impact on the future, both hopeful and frightening.” Now you are persuaded, you ought to continue your quest and get a copy of the book yourself. Until you are convinced, stay tuned until we discover the next big science fiction author of our time. We all know it will happen soon.