Gemina by Kaufman and Kristoff

Yessssss....

I have been eagerly awaiting the release of Gemina since I read the first book in the trilogy Illuminae.

Wait, where is my review for Illuminae? Well, there isn't one.  I read Illuminae for another purpose.  You're going to have to infer what I mean by that. ;)

It is a necessity to read Illuminae before reading Gemina.  My mind was BLOWN in reading the first book.  It was BLOWN EVEN FARTHER by this one.

The Hypatia is heading toward the Heimdall, pursued by BeiTech assault ships.  BeiTech intends to eliminate all witnesses to the events of Illuminae.  The Heimdall jump station is their only hope.  Really, read Illuminae!

Meanwhile, the residents and crew of the Heimdall are blissfully unaware of the Hypatia and the BeiTech disaster.  It's party time in fact.  Young Hanna and her junior officer boyfriend are planning to "celebrate" afterwards.  At this time, a gang of ruthless killers, who may or may not be allied with BeiTech, secretly board, unleash an army of snake like aliens, and take over the ship.  It's up to Hanna to save the Heimdall, the Hypatia, and the universe as our characters know it.

What ensues is a cat and mouse game of who is tricking whom.  Mind STILL BLOWN.

Both Illuminae and Gemina are told in an absolutely non-traditional fashion.  Diary entries (written and sketched), surveillance camera transcripts, chats, texts, interviews, and the ship's on-board computer accounts are just some of the means of telling the story.  The book actually must be turned this way and that to read it in some places (I have heard it's not possible to read the book on an electronic device unless the auto-rotate is turned off, FYI).  It is a strange but awesome conglomerate of fictitious memoir, trial stenography, programming language, teen romance, sci-fi, and modern electronic dialogue.

I am happy to say Gemina has been added to the WHHS LMC collection.  It will be on display next Monday for our new book display.  Thank you to the Madera-Olenick families, as Gemina and the other new books were purchased with the Denise Olenick Memorial funds.  

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