Review of Moraturi Lost

[Ams Strong]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Moraturi Lost" by Marti Ward.]

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4 out of 5 stars

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Fearing the Earth might not survive a slew of disasters, such as overpopulation, nuclear proliferation, and epidemics, a group of wealthy individuals known as the Founders set up a project called the Paradisi Project, whose covert mission is to search for a viable planet outside of our solar system. After achieving interstellar travel via wormholes, scientists at the Paradisi project sent the first crewed mission aboard SS Casindra to the Andromeda Galaxy, discovering New Eden, an Earth alternative. However, Earth lost contact with SS Casindra along its journey. The successor to SS Casindra, SS Moraturi, has a mission to transport a colony of roughly five hundred settlers, descendants of the Founders, to New Eden. The SS Moraturi boasts the latest technology, such as AI, androids, artificial gravity, and human cryogenics. The year is 2080, and the SS Moraturi is on its way to New Eden when an unexpected encounter in a wormhole thrusts a small group of courageous men and women into positions of responsibility for which they were unprepared. Will the SS Moraturi suffer the same fate as the SS Casindra or make it to New Eden? Find out in Moraturi Lost by Marti Ward.

What I loved the most about this book was the character development. The author made characters like nurse Eva lovable, caring, and resilient. Her job description is to look after people and animals, but in the SS Moraturi, she goes beyond that when circumstances demand. As the complexity of the problem onboard increases, so does her creativity and dedication to seeking a solution. I can say the same of the two ordinary and twin passengers, Tom and Bill.

I like the physics of space travel in this book and how it somewhat reflects the current perception of what interstellar travel might look like, if feasible. However, I did appreciate the depth to which the author covered the scientific details on wormholes, cryogenics, temperatures, relative gravity, intergalactic distances, etc. Many of these details were too technical and precise. Unless you have a scientific background and a passion for space travel, you may find the technical and scientific content convoluted and draggy, as I did. I would have been content with superficial details and a story that evolved faster, with some suspense and action.

I rate this book four stars out of five. I loved the storyline and fiction about wormholes and interstellar travel; it made me fantasize about worlds and technologies that may one day be within human reach. However, I did not appreciate the excessive and precise technical details that significantly slowed the story, making me deduct one star from my rating. This book is well-edited, contains only a couple of profanities, and does not contain sexual or violent content. I recommend this book to readers of all religions.

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[Catherine Radford]

This book sounds good, I find the best sci-fi feels enough like our own future. From your review this book sounds like it achieves just that.