Eclipsia the sci-fi adventure.

Roddenberry Productions Review of Eclipsia. Review of "Eclipsia" written by Robert Francis and Joleen Bartles By: Dr. Ruby Moon-Houldson 12/12/2009 Eclipsia Robert Francis and Joleen Bartles 2008 by LuLu ISBN 9780615255132 This book was sent to Roddenberry's people who then forwarded the book to me to read and review (I agreed to do so). So, if you have a book you feel is great enough to warrant receiving a review, please do contact the people here at Roddenberry.com and they will see that I get the message---or the book. Book Summary: Axreal and Jerish make a fantastic escape to all that remains of their environmentally devastated world. They set out hoping to survive and along their journey they discover themselves, what it is to have a heart, and they learn that it is not enough to want better just for yourself: Dignity must be returned for all. Good and evil clash, powers shift, and the universal economy hangs in the balance! Review of the Book: This book seemed like a cross between “The Dark Crystal” and “Mission to Mars”. The main characters are Axreal and Jerish (alien beings called Setiacotions), CreXan (a Lam Warron), and Torbot (a gel-like creature with several arms). Axreal and Jerish are enslaved by the Lam Warrons and work in an assembly line type processing plant. The Setiacotions and other races born on Eclipsia are kept enslaved by being kept in tubulars where they were given small rations of food. Their minds were controlled with gases so they would be kept weak and docile. The “System” controlled all aspects of the process. Whenever a slave became a liability and lived past their usefulness, they were killed. CreXan is the overlord of the processing plan on Eclipsia. Axreal and Jerish discover they can escape from their tubulars where they are imprisoned when not working the processing line. They venture to the surface of Eclipsia and discover they can survive there. The planet had been ravaged by the Lam Warriors for hundreds upon hundreds of years until it was a wasteland. However, the land was healing itself and did indeed support life—which Axreal and Jerish came to find out. With the help of their new friend, Torbot, they pull together as a team to rally strength and courage in order to free their enslaved race. And unbeknownst to them, they receive a little help from inside the processing plant. The story revolves around how Axreal and Jerish try to accomplish the seemingly impossible task. I wasn’t overly enthralled by this book but did find it interesting. I read the book in about 3 ½ hours. If you do enjoy a story that takes you beyond our solar system, then this may be the book for you. (I do wish to share that the writers report that a sequel is in the works.) http://www.roddenberry.com/community/index/detail?id=567