HERO TO THE WHOLE WORLD
Harmony
Confederated Star Systems Series
By C.F. Bentley
Science Fiction Paranormal
Mystery
Kickarse Female Lead
Sissy du Maigrie pu Chauncey's story starts straight into the action. Working in the factory placing delicate Badger Metal crystals into military nav units, she believes this is her life. She is a worker in the working class on the planet Harmony, with no ambition above working her highly technical job, she just wants to help her family pay the rent. Then her whole life is up heaved when a massive earth quake hits the capital city and she takes it on herself to somehow save her fellow factory workers, only to save the whole city in the process.
Turns out she is the One ancient prophecy speaks of with the ability to communicate to the Goddess Harmony herself. Gifted with seeing resonant frequencies and its energies, Sissy is able to tune her voice to that of the planet itself. Safe to say that when the High Priestess dies in the earth quake, the Temple Staff take Sissy in to become the next leader of their world and the 6 colonies.
Thrust into a world where history and politics clash, where ceremonial robes and high-heel shoes are god-awful to wear, and where Sissy has no contact with her large family, she soon becomes overwhelmed with all that sweeps over her. Then someone starts trying to kill her and those under her care.
Meanwhile, Jack Hannigan, a space fighter pilot of the Confederated Star Systems ends up blackmailed into becoming a spy for the CSS spy division. He is tasked with stealing the process for creating Badger Metal so their military can create space ships with stronger hulls for fighting their long time enemy the Marillon Empire. In his attempt to fulfil his mission as an under cover military cast law enforcer on Harmony, he inadvertently saves the new High Priestess’s life twice and becomes her new body guard.
There is loads of politics in this book, and I often struggle with it, but this story kept the political play interesting enough that it didn't bog me down. I am happy to say that I enjoyed the story, the character development with the two main characters and I enjoyed the unfolding of the mystery that creates the conflict in the first place. Was a little political heavy but enjoyed it all the same.
4 stars out of 5, will read the next two in the series at some stage too.
