I’ve been wanting to review Hurricane Moon by Alexis Latner for a while now. It’s a science fiction novel that I stumbled on via some random googling in search of good hard science fiction. I have to say upfront that it’s not typical material for readers of my books. There’s some content regarding sexuality that I wouldn’t have written, and the author’s faith and my faith definitely follow different paths.
That being said, Hurricane Moon is a great, great story — especially if you like hard sci-fi — and it takes religion seriously and has authentically religious characters who are not demeaned.
Hurricane Moon is a tale of humans setting forth in a slower-than-light colony ship in search of a new world. Civilization on earth is falling apart, and the colonists want a new home. Because, at speeds slower than light, the journey will take many many years, most of the colonists make the journey in stasis (most accurately thought of as cryogenically frozen for later revival, rather than hibernation or anything like that). But when they reach the world on which they hoped to live, nothing goes according to plan. The result is an epic journey across time and space that gives the author space to address questions about faith, love, and human life in general.
It’s not true “clean” fiction, but the language and the sexuality really aren’t that bad at all. And the characters, the setting, and the story make it worth the risk. Check out Hurricane Moon!