| Godcountry by Colleen Drippe | | | | custody of his stern aunt. His estranged wife is |
| Novel Books, Inc., 1591050022, $5.50 | | | | mysteriously murdered, and soon attempts on his |
| Eduardo Sabat was once a slave. Because he does | | | | own life follow. Nevertheless, Eduardo presses |
| not know the codes which will remove it, he still | | | | onward with the help of a motley party which |
| wears the shackle-like bracelet that once bound him | | | | includes the devout Christian Wolfbane and a crew of |
| to servitude in a pagan land, and which continues to | | | | interplanetary religious known as the Star Brothers, |
| remind him of his past. Though first instinct for a | | | | whose faith gives Eduardo something to ponder as |
| freed man would be to distance himself as far as | | | | he discovers the threat to his life is closer than he |
| possible from the place of slavery, it is not Eduardo's | | | | actually realizes. |
| instinct. Now a for-hire mercenary partnered with the | | | | Godcountry is hard science fiction blended nicely with |
| hardy Otto Zeller, Eduardo willingly treks back into | | | | elements of faith and humanity. This story of a bleak |
| the desolate colony called Godcountry, motivated by | | | | future plagued by religious persecution and |
| the job but not entirely aware of the consequences. | | | | interplanetary greed bolstered through human slavery |
| While the risks involved in returning to Godcountry | | | | doesn't offer an immediate resolution to any |
| are given, Eduardo is surprised by the attempts to | | | | problems, but offers the reader an intense look at |
| foil his mission of returning the captured Hermadon | | | | how faith can exist in a hostile society and therefore |
| Pelanot - son of the colony of Hithia's leader - to the | | | | offer a future of hope. |