I've just finished re-re-reading Emergence by David R. Palmer.
https://www.amazon.com/Emergence-David-R-Palmer/dp/0553255193
The Paperback edition (2018) from Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Press is available now:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553255193/ref=rdr_ext_tmb
It's also available as an ebook.
(Palmer's writing, in this book, reminded me of Robert A. Heinlein's Podkayne of Mars
https://www.amazon.com/Podkayne-Mars-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1612422942
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My review:
Emergence
This is a very well written coming of age book in a journal format: After a bionuclear war which killed off virtually all humans in the cold war era, Candy Smith-Foster an 11 year old, fifth degree Karate black belt, girl genius sets out to find the next step in human evolution -- homo post hominem.
Along the way she singlehandedly and barehanded kills two full grown adult male bad guys, is almost killed in an auto accident by a speed crazed auto racing fanatic boy genius about her age who becomes her love interest after he nurses her back to health. Then she discovers a plot to kill off the remaining homo post hominems and kills her second full grown adult male before disarming a thermonuclear bomb and riding it back to earth.
Thus (of course) saving the world.
I highly recommend this book to all.
https://www.amazon.com/Emergence-David-R-Palmer/dp/0553255193
The Paperback edition (2018) from Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Press is available now:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553255193/ref=rdr_ext_tmb
It's also available as an ebook.
(Palmer's writing, in this book, reminded me of Robert A. Heinlein's Podkayne of Mars
https://www.amazon.com/Podkayne-Mars-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1612422942
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My review:
Emergence
This is a very well written coming of age book in a journal format: After a bionuclear war which killed off virtually all humans in the cold war era, Candy Smith-Foster an 11 year old, fifth degree Karate black belt, girl genius sets out to find the next step in human evolution -- homo post hominem.
Along the way she singlehandedly and barehanded kills two full grown adult male bad guys, is almost killed in an auto accident by a speed crazed auto racing fanatic boy genius about her age who becomes her love interest after he nurses her back to health. Then she discovers a plot to kill off the remaining homo post hominems and kills her second full grown adult male before disarming a thermonuclear bomb and riding it back to earth.
Thus (of course) saving the world.
I highly recommend this book to all.
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