Offworld by Robin Parrish, Reviewed
July 28, 2009
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Robin Parrish had two great ambitions in his life: to have a family, and to be a published novelist. In March of 2005, he proposed to his future wife the same week he signed his first book contract with Bethany House Publishers. They contracted him for the rights to not only that first book, Relentless — but two sequels including Fearless and Merciless. A trilogy that unfolded in the consecutive summers of 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Robin Parrish is a journalist who’s written about pop culture for more than a decade. Currently he serves as Senior Editor at XZOOSIA.com, a community portal that fuses social networking with magazine-style features about entertainment and culture. He and his wife, Karen and son live in North Carolina.
ABOUT THE BOOK
“Every Person on This Planet Has Disappeared.”
Commander Christopher Burke and his crew are humanity’s greatest explorers. They’ve finished their mission on the red dirt of Mars and now they just want to get back to Earth. To see friends, family, and loved ones. To be home. But even with communication to ground control cut and a perilous landing, nothing could prepare the crew for what they discover when they step foot back on planet Earth.
Everyone…everywhere…is gone.
It’s not a dream. It’s not a trick. Now Burke and his team have one mission:find out who or what is behind the disappearance of all mankind.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Offworld, go HERE
Sally Says: First off, can I say I love the cover? I couldn’t wait to get inside this book and find out what happened to the four astronauts. And if I can be honest, there’s a part of me that wondered what these people (and myself) would do with the world all to themselves.
Offworld is a fast-paced novel that reads like an action-adventure movie. In fact, I can see this being turned into a movie. It’s one surprising turn after another, one question after another raised. At one point, the book even had me looking over my shoulder, and I couldn’t stop reading because I needed answers.
The back cover of the book labeled Offworld as suspense, but I think it’s really speculative fiction. Believe it or not, everything in this crazy future world makes sense, even the absence of every person on earth. The story took so many turns I never saw coming.
There’s not a lot of Christian content in this book, and to me that’s fine. I like a good, clean read, and Offworld delivers bigtime. Don’t let the label of speculative fiction or sci-fi scare you off if that’s not your cup of tea. It usually isn’t mine, either.
But if you like adventure, suspense, and twists and turns in your fiction, I’m pretty sure you’ll love Offworld.
Comments
3 Responses to “Offworld by Robin Parrish, Reviewed”
Good review. I’m going to review the book soon, but for now, I’m giving away a copy of Offworld at ResAliens Blog. Drop by and enter the drawing. Thanks, Lyn
I definitely want to read this one! I just discovered a really good YA novel called Gone. (Everyone above the age of 15 suddenly disappears.) This premise sounds a little similar.
Yeah, I was a bit skeptical at first – a lot of stories use the vanishing concept, but Parrish does a pretty good job with the premise. Here’s my review: http://blogginoutloud.blogspot.com/2009/07/review-of-offworld-by-robin-parrish.html