{"id":5534,"date":"2018-07-05T07:56:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T11:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/?p=5534"},"modified":"2018-09-07T12:27:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T16:27:02","slug":"from-earth-to-umbria-by-patricia-howell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/book-review\/science-fiction\/from-earth-to-umbria-by-patricia-howell\/","title":{"rendered":"From Earth to Umbria, by Patricia Howell"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"From<\/a>Genre: Science Fiction
\n<\/strong>Publisher:\u00a0 Xlibris
\n<\/strong>Published: 2018
\n<\/strong>Reviewer Rating:\u00a0\"three
\n<\/strong>Reviewer: David L. Felts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It’s the far, far future, and Earth’s sun is about to go supernova, destroying all of the inner planets of the solar system, Earth included.<\/p>\n

On the alien planet Umbria, located some 58 light years from Earth, Jarod Dask, Umbria’s leader, has decided to launch a rescue mission to bring some 1 million Earthings to Umbria to save them and their civilization. He puts together a team with is son\u00a0\u00a0Araak in leading the rescue mission. Their goal is to travel to Earth, met key leaders, and help select the 1 million people who will head off to Umbria to establish a new human civilization.<\/p>\n

Ostensibly a science fiction story in a far future, From Earth to Umbria is, at its core, a story about relationships. It has a strong flavor of Star Trek to it, in that the characters are striving to be their best selves, and in its hope for a positive future. It’s a story of people, alien or otherwise, who are sacrificing for a greater good–in this case saving the human race.<\/p>\n

The writing was up to the task of presenting the tale, which, at it’s core, is a story of salvation and renewal, but not without sacrifice. I found it particularly apropos considering the current climate of anti-immigration\/refugees currently swelling almost world-wide.<\/p>\n

It serves as a reminder that one of the most powerful definers of character is what we do for others, not what we do for ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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