Faulty Prophet by Karl Beecher

 

Faulty Prophet by Karl Beecher
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

In the second book of the Interstellar Caveman series our "hero" Colin fresh from his time at Saint Barflet’s hospital on the planet Abrama is learning that most if not everyone is out to use him for their own purposes. Waking up from an enforced sleep he finds himself once again captive on a starship insearch of a mysterious item spoken of in prophecy. His "friends" Doctor Tyresa Jak and her android "Ade" are in pursuit with both ships flying directly towards Solo III within the tightly controlled region of space owned by the Transhumanist Collective. The collective was a human offshoot who embraced cybernetic enhancements and have a collective worldview (thank Borg but not quite so intense). There are answers to be found on Solo III and some of them are to questions no one has ever thought to ask, once again Colin thanks to his unique status in the galaxy is the focus of some extreme interest, he's not a fan of this.
Faulty Prophet continues to the tale of Colin who survives more to luck and goodwill than is sustainable yet things do seem to work out for him but not in an outlandish way, the narrative continues to work within the universe that Karl has created making the events entertaining and easy to follow and enjoy. The expansion of the core story also works well and gives us to main focal points the events can revolve around. The second novel is as strong as the first, lots of fun to read and once again making full use of pop culture we can recognise thanks to Colin being well one of us.

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Interstellar Caveman by Karl Beecher

 

Interstellar Caveman by Karl Beecher
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Well it was one of those days for the mild mannered Colin Douglass, his car was broken into, he lost his job and was informed of the terminal condition he was suffering from. The solution, sell everything and buy a place in a cryogenic facility in the hopes that in due time a cure would be found and he could be unfrozen. Colin survives but awakes to find that things have changed and well it's been a little longer than he imagined, welcome to the future Colin...
Interstellar Caveman was an impulse buy, the blurb sounded interesting and the collection was not expensive, the series comprises of three books and in this first one we learn about Colin as he adjusts to galaxy full of humanity and how as an Earthman he has a target painted on his back from the biggest and most powerful entertainment venue ever conceived. There are plenty of laughs and references to other scifi and pop culture media which I found entertaining and there was a good use of footnotes as well.

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