He crossed the stars to follow a song...so where's the singer? Sandfly is free of the rules and free of Earth, but now there's a new mystery to solve. With his female companion, HardCandy, and a secret ship named DarkTrench, he travels across time and space to find the source and meaning of the transmission that changed his life. When they arrive in the Betelgeuse system, they discover something the former crew did not--a planet. On it lives a civilization of humanoids that are technologically advanced, peaceful, and mystifying. Is their meeting an occurrence the Scriptures predicted? HardCandy thinks so. Sandfly is not so sure. But what he most wants to know is why is he seeing things no one else can. And where is the song that brought them here--or its singer? Where is the Superlative Stream? *** Kerry Nietz is a refugee of the software industry. He spent more than a decade of his life flipping bits-first as one of the principal developers of the database product FoxPro for the now mythical Fox Software, and then as one of Bill Gates's minions at Microsoft. He is a husband and father, a technophile and a movie buff. He has two previously published books: a memoir entitled FoxTales: Behind the Scenes at Fox Software and Book 1 in the DarkTrench Saga: A Star Curiously Singing.
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Kerry Nietz is a refugee of the software industry. He spent more than a decade of his life flipping bits, first as one of the principal developers of the database product FoxPro for the now mythical Fox Software, and then as one of Bill Gates's minions at Microsoft. He is a husband, a father, a technophile and a movie buff. He has one non-fiction book, a memoir entitled FoxTales: Behind the Scenes at Fox Software. His first novel, A Star Curiously Singing, was published in October of 2009.
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The Saga Continues,
This review is from: The Superlative Stream (Paperback)
Nietz has made a bold sequel to his runaway hit, "A Star Curiously Singing" with his newest release, "The Superlative Stream". It features the same sharp and edgy writing that places you immediately into the story and won't let go.
This time the story ventures into the exploration of a mysterious planet found orbiting the star Betelgeuse. But the story also dips into the past, filling in interesting details of the main characters, Sandfly and his companion Hardcandy. Some of the flashback scenes are quite heart wrenching, but open a new dimension for the story and also sets the stage for an inevitable continuation of the saga that I for one cannot wait for. Another homerun by Nietz.
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Last year's "A Star Curiously Singing" was a masterpiece of imagination, characterization, and sci-fi mixed with deeper themes. I couldn't wait to get my hands on this sequel.
"The Superlative Stream" opens with a clever device to remind us of what has gone before and set the scene for the coming story. Once again, we find ourselves with SandFly and his companion HardCandy. They are debuggers, humans with prescribed jobs and scant shows of emotion--a romantic tension that is maintained with great skill. SandFly and HardCandy are heading to explore the strange information streaming from Betelgeuse, but this plan is disrupted by the appearance of an unknown planet. Soon, they find themselves hurtling toward the planet's surface, unsure if they will find friendly or hostile life. On this journey, Nietz weaves in strong backstory, particularly for HardCandy. He also uses some fun lingo--such as "freehead," "rails," and "burroughs and bradbury"--and peeks at possible technological advances. Although well-known Christian author, C.S. Lewis, showed the potential of this genre with his acclaimed Space Trilogy, decades have passed with few others carrying that torch. Madeleine L'Engle explored mathematical and spiritual ideas in her Time Quartet, yet many Christians seem to think it anti-biblical to consider the possibilities of other planetary life. (The thinking is that the Bible would've told us if there were other lifeforms, which seems to me as egocentric and narrow-minded as those who believe America is the center of biblical prophecy.) Nietz combines the creativity and deep-thinking of these two pioneers and produces a series that stands proudly on its own. Lewis and L'Engle! This is a futuristic world that feels believable, imaginative, yet somehow familiar. There are some biblical ideas threaded into the story, but never intrusively. While I would've liked more reasoning for three of the alien lifeforms having names from the book of Genesis (I kept waiting for some big reveal), I suspect that will be explained further in another book. I do sense more mysteries waiting to be explored. Nietz, through his main characters, touches on the emotional disconnect that many people feel, and probes questions about our purpose as a species, as well as the futures of religion and faith. Thanks to writers willing to think outside the box, this genre is gaining new readers, Christian and otherwise. The search for truth is universal, and "The Superlative Stream" takes that search to the universe's edges, to the very places where the map ends.
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The Superlative Stream,
This review is from: The Superlative Stream (Paperback)
The Superlative Stream by Kerry Nietz is the second in the Darktrench Saga, Sandfly and Hard Candy have travelled with the ship Dark Trench to Betelguese in search of the source of the superlative stream that has change Sandfly in ways that he doesn't completely understand.When they arrive, they find a planet that shouldn't be there and get a brief clip from a stream that is very like the one they are searching for. Against all reason the planet looks to be similar to Earth and inhabited. Sandfly and Hard Candy end up on the planet and meet people that Sand calls Betels and Hard Candy wonders if they are Jinn. Here is a civilization that is so far ahead of Earth that it is hard to imagine, but the question remains, is this really the source of the superlative stream. Kerry uses this second book to introduce us in much greater detail to Hard Candy. We learn why she is a debugger and what that might mean to Sandfly. We also see Sandfly's growth as he struggles to understand something that he has only had the briefest glimpses of. This book is a fitting follow up to A Star Curiously Singing which introduces the dystopian world. The nature of the world that Sandfly and Hard Candy inhabited is given even more shape in The Superlative Stream and we are given hints at what is to come in the concluding book. As in all Marcher Lord Press books, there is a Christian element to this story, but it is never allowed to get in the way of the story. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good read.
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