Problems of the world in space

Synopsis

It’s the year 2100. Earth is dying. A young woman, Elsie, has risked everything to get her newborn son, Will, aboard ‘The Mayflower’ – a spaceship that will transport a select number of people to a new planet they can call home. Elsie’s luck takes a turn when she discovers the captain of ‘The Mayflower’ is an old friend. He allows her to board with her son, giving them a place on the luxurious Floor One, where they live amongst the most honoured of ‘The Mayflower’s’ passengers.

Thirteen years later, and Will is ready to start school at Space Academy, an institute specialising in subjects such as Alien Studies, Technology, and Rocket Control. While a pupil there, Will starts to uncover secrets about his father’s death, becoming wrapped in a mystery that he and his friends must solve if they are to have any hope of saving humanity from the threat that lies in wait.

Lose yourself in this brilliantly addictive novel as it takes you on a journey through the stars. But be warned – you might be surprised by what you find.

My review

In 2100 the Earth is dying. Only a select group is having a way out: flying with spaceship “The Mayflower” to another planet.
Elsie does whatever she can to get on the ship together with her baby Will. Luckily the captain is an old friend and some strings are pulled.

When Will is ready to start school thirteen years later at Space Academy, he makes new friends, even with people he wouldn’t expect to befriend with.
But he also uncovers secrets about his father. And on top there are other mysterious things going on.

Can Will and the friends find out the whole truth?

When you start reading this book, keep your mind open. There are several things in it, that will make you frown if you forget to keep an open mind.

This story takes place in space, after the Earth is totally lost. It’s a bit frightening, reading how our home is a lost cause and people are forced to start a home on a whole other planet.
Yet this story makes it obvious that the problems that existed on Earth are not just gone because the Earth is gone.
Money and power make people always selfish. And those who have both will always look down on people who have less.
And popular kids will always bully the other ones.
So in fact, no much will change…

Will shows that he is one of the good guys, he doesn’t care on what Floor you are staying or how wealthy your parents are. He is an example of how people should always be.

The things he uncovers with his friends learn us that not only humans are a threat to our existence, but also aliens can be deceiving (keep that mind open!).

Despite being a bit farfetched for me (my mind wasn’t open), the intrigues and mysteries kept me going.
I wanted to know what truth the friends would find, and how they would save themselves from a hazardous situation!

This story is ideal for the young adults among us!