The Best of All Possible Worlds

I can't believe it's been 10 years since I read Lord's first novel, Redemption in Indigo. It was a retelling of a Senegalese myth, award-winning and masterfully done. This second novel is a jump over to the SF side. It was inspired by the devastating tsunami in the Indian and Pacific Oceans in 2014, along with some stories by Ray Bradbury. However, it didn't grab me the way Indigo did. I had several issues with the book, namely, keeping track of all the names. I also didn't care for the episodic nature of book. But it had its moments of brilliance, just not nearly enough of them.

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