Story Review: A Distant Sun by Micah Hogarth
A Distant Sun is another great story from Micah Hogarth, and one I have longed for from, as it explains the history of the Pelted races in the universe where Alysha Forrest lives. We are shown the reality behind the idealized legends of the creation of these new races, and it is not a pleasant sight. The Pelted are still suffering from what humanity did in the process of creating them, something that both the history teacher protagonist and his lovely student Margeaux both end up understanding all too well.
Yet where many another writer would turn it into a simplistic condemnation of humanity, Ms. Hogarth rises above that to show us the good that can be found even in the thoughtless acts of the Pelted's makers. As we are told, for all their flaws, they made new peoples and cultures that saw and wondered and delighted in the universe around them, and nothing can take that away.
It's a amazing story with a heartwarming romance at its center. Buy it, read it, and delight in it.
EDIT: The story can also be found on Smashwords right here: A Distant Sun.
Yet where many another writer would turn it into a simplistic condemnation of humanity, Ms. Hogarth rises above that to show us the good that can be found even in the thoughtless acts of the Pelted's makers. As we are told, for all their flaws, they made new peoples and cultures that saw and wondered and delighted in the universe around them, and nothing can take that away.
It's a amazing story with a heartwarming romance at its center. Buy it, read it, and delight in it.
EDIT: The story can also be found on Smashwords right here: A Distant Sun.