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Future Hope

David Gelber
Greenleaf Book Group LLC (2010)
ISBN 9781934572344
Reviewed by Kam Aures for Rebeccasreads.com (01/10)

“Future Hope” is Book One of the ITP series of books by David Gelber.  This science-fiction novel begins with General Moosewood, Chairman of the ITP (Interdimensional Transport Protocol) Committee presenting his annual report to the Joint Congressional Committee on Interplanetary Travel and Commerce.  The year is 2156 and Earth has consumed its resources and those of the entire Milky Way.  In order for the planet to survive, resources need to be searched for elsewhere.

Several unmanned probes have been sent through a portal into the interdimensional plane and achieved positive results.  Even probes carrying live animals, such as a mouse and a dog, have successfully gone there and back.  Now the time has come to send a manned ITP vehicle.  This step will open up new areas to explore and hopefully find more resources available to the Earth.  The person chosen to man the ITP vehicle is Major David Sanders.  Many see him as reckless and too sure of himself, but he is a very talented astropilot.  What is supposed to happen is that he will exit through one portal and emerge at the Alpha Base One colony which is three light-years away, and then come back through the portal.  Will all go as planned?  I will say this, Sanders journey leaves him, and the reader, with much more than expected.

“Future Hope” is a fascinating story.   This is definitely not your generic, “run of the mill” science fiction book.  I found the plot to be surprising and unexpected and the characters to be very interesting and captivating.  Gelber’s writing held my attention from the moment that I picked the book up until the last page was read.  The author has a creative imagination which sets his writing apart and makes for a unique novel.  The subject matter is very intriguing and will really make you think about what the future will be like.  I look forward to reading more from Gelber in the years to come.  I think he is a talented author and enjoy his style of writing.                   


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