10/03/2024
Here is the latest review on Return From Rysa-Angels and Aliens.
L. Simper
5.0 out of 5 stars Multi-faceted adventure
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2024
I’m grateful that the subtitle of this book included “a parable’; it gave me permission to see so many layers in the many new “races” introduced in this inventive novel.
Because I’m a religious person who loves biblical teachings, I was intrigued that science fiction could be written with a strong spiritual and religious component. Non-religious people can enjoy the story on the surface level of alien abductions, evil extraterrestrial beings taking human DNA because they’ve destroyed their own, and extraterrestrial beings of light protecting human children. But then… see all this through the lens of the perennial human condition of the battle of good vs. evil, and suddenly beings of light may be something entirely different than simply a different species in the universe. Is this simply a depiction of a different kind of human?
The story is well told from many points of view, and in spite of different races to keep track of, classic human motivations and emotions drive a compelling story - characters of multiple races all experiencing age-old emotions of greed, fear, love, loyalty, the desire for light, the repulsion of light.
This “parable” left me praying that there might actually be angels who reach out to human children in great peril in our world - as there are so very many of them. It left me thinking all humans are born with the weighty responsibility of choosing light for themselves, and to reflect it to others. I’m so looking forward to where this series is going.
