Chena Trust has landed with her family on Pandora, a planet where they hope to make a new life. This environmental utopia is divided into primitive villages and domed cities, both designed to protect the environment. Unfortunately, the rest of the galaxy is suffering from a "diversity crisis" which is quickly killing them all off. They've threatened to destroy Pandora unless the Pandorans help them find a cure. The cure, thinks many Pandorans, may be found in the genes of Chena's mother. Chena's mother, however, is unwilling to cooperate and the Pandorans begin putting the pressure on her to join their experiments.
The book explores how to balance the needs of the environment against the needs of people; the need for freedom against the need for safety; and the concept of free-thinking versus loyalty. | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes Stealing/recovering/destroying Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Cultural problems, alien culture Yes Culture clash- - one culture tries to impose its culture on another group Descript. of chases or violence - 10 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10 % Intense exploration of society's culture? Yes Main Character Identity: - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting Terrain A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - very controlled society Planet outside solar system? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |