This is the 3rd part in the Fate’s Arrow series, and follows Captain Cordell Greene. This is a bit of a different story though in that it is not told from the point of view of Greene. Instead we are introduced to an Archivist, Oz Xavier, who has been sent aboard to capture the inaugural flight of Captain Greene. An Archivist is like a journalist, a cameraman a historian and a librarian all rolled into one. An Archivist has a camera build into their heads, some just into their eye, the good ones have it hidden in the upper parts of their skull, and a back up in their eye, with a drive both in their brains, and a redundancy drive set up elsewhere in case of failures. Xavier has been placed onto Greene’s ship with the ability to snoop at various things, and from his point of view, we get to see the story unfold.
This is Greene’s first ship as Captain, having been just promoted after an impressive career so far, but capped off with having taking command of his last ship when the ship was damaged, his Captain incapacitated, and the lives of the ships crew and others in serious danger. Having proven himself to be the model Coalition Officer, he finds himself in the Captain’s chair, and sent on an aid mission, under scrutiny of the Archivist, for his first mission, with the whole Coalition watching this now famous Captain, and current news item.
Without giving to much away, it becomes clear to Greene though very quickly that the Coalition is not all it is made out to be, when he is pulled from the aid mission, one that is to supply a Coalition member with desperately needed medical aid, and sent to investigate some strange signal. It goes against everything Greene believes in, and works for, and although he tries to help those in need, he is denied permission.
This is where the story gets really interesting, and we get to learn a lot about Greene, and his character.
I don’t want to give away any spoilers, so I will let you read what happens next, but what does follow is a fascinating game of intrigue, one in which Greene tries to both follow not just his orders, but also his strong ethical and morale code. As the story unfolds, we not only get to see an early Greene, and for those who have read the Infinity’s End Saga, this will make for some fascinating reading, for those who haven’t, it is still a really great short standalone story, as it is utterly engaging. We also get to learn about the crew of Greene’s ship, who truly follows him, and who is just a part of the Coalition. As such, we get to meet some other exceptional characters in this story. There is the over enthusiastic Lt Zemke, the younger S’gash, and his loyal First Officer Sul-Yul.
The story is told primarily from the point of view of Xavier, as he is recording the entire thing, and this provides a sort ‘overhead’ view of how things play out, as Xavier uses the ships internal sensors to spy on the crew, and cameras etc, to watch and listen to everything that is happening and being said. From this, we get to try and piece together what is happening, as we only have various aspects of the story, and this is a veritable jigsaw puzzle. The story is totally captivating, and the more you read, the more engaged you get, having to find out what is happening, and how this will play out. It is just fascinating watching Greene in these early years, as he tries to deal with this complex dilemma, keeping both he and his crew not only alive, but trying to achieve several goals as well.
Xavier’s character is just as compelling as Greene, as the dedicated Archivist, working for the Coalition to capture historical records, and making sure that everything is captured perfectly. Of course, in his efforts to make sure he gets everything, and understands exactly what is going on, he uncovers a lot more than he expected (or probably wanted to!!). And this leads to some engaging and very interesting ethical questions for him. Xavier’s character is masterfully done, he is so realistic, with a credibility to him that makes him seem so real and so believable.
There are several other exceptional characters in this book, but I am not going to mention them to avoid spoilers.
Warren has done an exceptional job of creating these stunning backdrops in which to tell the story, the world (galaxy?) building is just stunning, with meticulous detail, and incredible depth. It really adds this whole additional layer to the story, and allows you to get fully immersed into what is already an extraordinary story.
Overall all, Warren has created yet another wonderful short story in his Infinity’s End Saga, and one that gives us some fascinating insight to a character that everyone admires, but we know so little about. He was brilliant in the main series, and continues to be equally outstanding in this book. If you are a fan of the Infinity’s End Saga, you will love this.
Otherwise, if you haven’t read the main series (What are you waiting for???), it is not needed to be able to read and enjoy this short story, it can easily be read as a standalone story for those who just love a good Character driven Sci-Fi story!!
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Kay Smillie
Excellent! An Easy Five Stars.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2021