Fallway

by Paula E. Downing

Book Overview

Sent into battle against the alien intruders inhabiting the asteroid she calls home, Jahnel, a human adopted by her present family, discovers that the aliens she has been taught to hate are human. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 034537763X
• ISBN13: 9780345377630
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Great Suspense, SF, and great characters!

Ms. Downing seems to excel at creating great characters and then drawing them (and you) through an intense plot. I'm a David Weber/Isaac Asimov/Robert Heinlen fan and I really think this book is on par with them.

One of best SciFi books - extremely interesting aliens

Downing has created an alien society so "alien" to our own, whereby the aliens have their own value system to which the stranded humans must adapt. (Her book "Rinn's Star" is equally fascinating.) In addition, she develops the characters so that the readers become attached to them. She also manages to have female protaganists, somewhat rare for hard science fiction. As a fan of the old 1950's writers (where the best sci-fi was written), I feel she comes closer to them than most contemporary writers. Unfortunately the publishing company did little to get the word out.