Fragment: A Novel
by Warren Fahy
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Author: Warren FahyEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-06-16
ISBN: 0553807536
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Delacorte Press
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Book Review: Fragment is a science-fiction gem!
Summary: 5 Stars
Ever wonder what makes a book a "page-turner"? At times, it's that goading feeling of "Yeah, yeah, now get on with it already." But then there are those books that fill you with exhilaration and a frantic longing to discover what awaits around the next corner, what happens to those marvelous characters you've come to care so much about.
Fragment, the scintillating science-fiction thriller by Warren Fahy, is the second sort of page-turner: literally every paragraph will draw you in and propel you along. Even better, when you reach the end, you'll have that feeling of not wanting it to stop, and probably - like I did - you'll flip back to the beginning and start the adventure again.
The premise of Fragment is brilliant: a vibrant synthesis of contemporary 24/7 reality TV with time travel to a lost world worthy of Poe, Verne, or Burroughs - except far more frightening. All of the characters, of whatever species, are realized in exacting detail, as is the setting on Henders Island, home to creatures never seen by men (at least none who lived to tell the tale). So skillful is Mr. Fahy's writing that you will find yourself caught up in a movie inside your head, and you'll have the odd sensation of wanting to cover your eyes, yet peeking through your fingers so as not to miss anything.
For all this feverish pace, however, there are moments when the author puts forward a fascinating idea that I wanted to pause and grapple with. Better yet, get together with a few bright friends and have a discussion. There is quite a lot of science in this work of fiction, and Mr. Fahy allows the reader to relish it (as do most of his central characters). This book positively exudes a reverence for nature: wide-eyed wonder tempered by respect for reason.
Don't listen to those who sell short the reading public by suggesting they'll be put off by all that science stuff, nor to the sneering scientific "skeptics" who will argue over the plausibility: just remember this is Science Fiction in the best sense of both terms.
Like all great fiction, this work also raises some truly global moral issues that are fresh and relevant as well as eternal. The human species' place in the cosmos is at the heart of the environmentalist debate. Fragment offers quite a lot of food for thought in this matter (I hope readers and the author will pardon the pun).
Above all, I loved the characters in this novel: These are the sort of people that I would like to have as friends . . . and in fact, I do. They view the world as a place to explore, their work as a joy, and the fantastic as possible. Even in the most hopeless-seeming peril, they have the time of their lives.
And so will you when you read Fragment.
Summary of Fragment: A Novel
In this powerhouse of suspense?as brilliantly imagined as Jurassic Park and The Ruins?scientists have made a startling discovery: a fragment of a lost continent, an island with an ecosystem unlike any they?ve seen before . . . an ecosystem that could topple ours like a house of cards.The time is now. The place is the Trident, a long-range research vessel hired by the reality TV show Sealife. Aboard is a cast of ambitious young scientists. With a director dying for drama, tiny Henders Island might be just what the show needs. Until the first scientist sets foot on Henders?and the ultimate test of survival begins . . .
For when they reach the island?s shores, scientists are utterly unprepared for what they find?creatures unlike any ever recorded in natural history. This is not a lost world frozen in time, an island of mutants, or a lab where science has gone mad: this is the Earth as it might have looked after evolving on a separate path for half a billion years.
Soon the scientists will stumble on something more shocking than anything humanity has ever encountered: because among the terrors of Henders Island, one life form defies any scientific theory?and must be saved at any cost.
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