The Disasters is a pretty well-written, engaging suspense/action novel reminiscent of the popular Ender’s Game and Space Case series. It takes place in the sort-of-distant future when humans have managed to terraform a wide variety of planets, and being accepted to a training school known as the Academy for space jobs, like a spaceship pilot, is highly prestigious. However, when Nax, Case, Rion, and Zee, four Academy rejects, make a shocking discovery about some secret malicious plans on their way back to Earth, they must work together and beat all odds to take down some space terrorists.
The high action scenes throughout The Disasters, such as the parts where Nax’s crew is fighting off enemy aircraft are fantastically written. The plot, though, is questionable, especially the part of the story where the author attempts to explain the motive of the space terrorists for the atrocities they plan to commit. However, if you view the novel more as a pure action novel and a casual read, as I did, you’ll have a great time going through it. As far as the development of relationships between characters, it was pretty fast-paced and unnatural at the beginning, as some critics of this novel have pointed out. And with that, I’d have to agree, as there are some parts of the book where Nax holds another crewmate’s hand despite them only having met a couple hours prior and not really knowing each other. The author attempts to explain the fast blooming of relations (even love) between the crew members of Nax’s team with something about how high-tension moments bring people together, but the explanation felt kind of shabby at best.
In conclusion, if you look at The Disasters from more of a casual reader’s perspective, you’re bound to enjoy this book. If you take it more seriously, though, that may bar you from getting to the well-written action scenes/plot developments spewed throughout the novel. Enjoy!
Review By ~ Andrew
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