Science Fiction
From Goodreads:
Humankind
has escaped a dying Earth and set out to find a new home among the stars aboard
an immense generation ship -- the Ark. Bryan Benson is the Ark's greatest
living sports hero, enjoying retirement working as a detective in Avalon, his
home module. The hours are good, the work is easy, and the perks can't be beat.
But when a crewmember goes missing,
Bryan is thrust into the centre of an ever-expanding web of deception, secrets,
and violence that overturns everything he knows about living on the Ark and
threatens everyone aboard.
The Ark starts with a missing
person, becomes a murder mystery and ends up revealing a very big secret that
almost destroyed the Ark. All of the action revolves around Bryan Benson. Benson is the past captain of Zero Ball
and he was promoted to Chief Constable when he retired. It was not a hard job
as there was very little crime on the Ark. That changed as they got very near the end of their 10
generation journey.
I liked the world building in The
Ark. The Earth was about to be
destroyed and 50,000 were chosen to make the journey to another star. They decided to not look back at what
happened to Earth. They only look
forward so there is only the world of the Ark and Tomlinson does a very good job of making the description of a
very complex but limited world a part of the story line.
There is plenty tension and danger
as a part of the plot. There are
also numerous surprises. Most are
about the characters and their actions. While Benson is the main character he
is supported by a very nice cast of well rounded secondary characters.
The Ark is book one in a new series so
while the murder is solved a big and important secret is revealed. One that promises more action and
tension in future books. The Ark is a very good start to a new
Science Fiction series.
Angry Robot published The Ark by
Patrick S. Tomlinson in 2015.
I received an ARC of The Ark from Netgalley in return for
an honest review.
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