The Shepherd Moon

By Helen Mary Hoover and HOOVER HM

Book Overview

Meredith Ambrose was nicknamed "Merry" by her parents when she was a baby, but now that she can express her own opinions, they find her "boring". While visiting the family estate, she witnesses the crash landing of a strange boy (Mikel Goodman) who comes from the space habitat that Earth now calls the Shepherd Moon. Although those around her do not seem to recognize the danger that Mikel represents with his astounding abilities, she is able to convince her grandfather, the powerful General Ambrose, that Mikel is indeed a threat. In the 48th century, Earth has all but forgotten that the miniature "moons" that accompany Luna were the cause of the collapse of Earth's high-tech civilization and are still inhabited. Join Merry and her grandfather as they race to (re)capture Mikel, who is bent on taking over the entire Earth using his Controller talents. Along the way, Merry learns of the many inequities in her own society and by befriending a young girl, Sami, inadvertently learns the secret to neutralizing Mikel's most dangerous weapon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1973533634
• ISBN13: 9781973533634
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

This book is still a favourite today, and possibly the best written by HM Hoover. It resonates because I read it as a white child growing up in South Africa in the 1980's - and the society she describes in the book was incredibly simular to the one I lived in then.

A fascinating world, but a bit bare on plot.

Hoover is an excellent writer; the world she has built could supply the background for a novel several times the length. Unfortunately, the plot never quite comes together; events seem to occur with the main character an observer rather than an actor.