The Doors of Eden

Another innovative and exciting creation from Adrian Tchaikovsky, and one that felt like just the beginning of something very large and strange. The beginning was a little slow, but by the end I felt like the story could go anywhere and still be interesting. The characters weren’t amazing, but not bad either. I felt connected to their lives and relationships and it was satisfying to see the resolutions. The “aliens” in this book were as high quality as I’d expect from Adrian, and it’s really exciting to think about where he could take this universe. I still have some questions. But I almost feel like those lingering questions are intentional. I have no idea if he plans on continuing this story, but I sure hope so. It’s a theme that we are all familiar with on some level or another, but given a spin that has that scientific and believable foundation. I’ve read a fair amount of Adrian’s books at this point, so I should probably branch out and try to find some new authors, but it’s so hard when Adrian consistently delivers such quality.