Dreamer by Steven Harper

Format: Book

My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars

My review

I actually finished this book at the end of May but am only just getting around to writing about it. Dreamer is a science fiction book and I haven’t read anything of that genre for several years.

The prologue showed a world in chaos after civil wars and battles for leadership between planets. It showed a couple’s attempt at survival in a world where there was little food or water. And in a world where money meant the difference between life and death, they had none.

When chapter one started with different characters and an obviously different time period, I was utterly disappointed. I wanted to know what became of the couple and wasn’t particularly interested in the new characters. But I read on and with time the new characters grew on me.

Kendi is a brother in a religious order called Children of Irfan. Sejal is a rebellious teenager living on planet Rust. Their paths cross when something strange starts happening in the Dream, a place where certain people can meet and communicate, no matter where they are located.

It’s an interesting story, with a different look on Australian Dreamtime.

Dreamer is a book that will make the reader confront issues such as sexuality and death. There are some graphic scenes concerning suicide too.

Dreamer is the first book of the Silent Empire Series. I have the second book and look forward to finding out where it will take me.

Recommended.