If you like futuristic weapons, you will enjoy John A. So, no harm on that account.įor its originality, price and promise, I award this book four stars. As a warning, I should also add that about halfway through the book comes a plot twist that might make you want to yell “Oh, PLEASE!” However, this is explained by a second twist in the last few pages. In the case of the other characters, not as much. In the case of one character in particular, this is what you might expect. Unfortunately, this is also the book’s primary flaw – the characters have an annoying tendency towards long, spoken exposition. As the book’s author is an engineer, one of its main strengths is the plausible description of not-too-distant-futuristic technology which is so lacking in much of modern speculative fiction. The plot is interesting and the characters are people you feel for, with strong moral motivations. This involves recovering Dozer’s obsolete server – which just happens to be out of bounds. Recognizing that ‘Dozer’, while arguably a mere machine, was also a loving and faithful companion, they make a mutual decision to do what they can to get him operational again. Instead, Scott Hrdinsky and his uncle Joe live on the fringes of population as peaceful biofuel farmers until one day when their cyborg dog goes into permanent standby mode without warning. This one’s different the major crises (including extraterrestrial contact) have already come and gone decades previously. Stories concerning ‘survivalists’ and/or ‘preppers’ tend to follow two storylines in particular: either a societal breakdown has occurred and they’re left with the responsibility of maintaining what’s left of humanity, or they’ve gone rogue while waiting for said societal breakdown (or during it) and need to be stopped. "Footprints" is a story that twists you around and around and deposits you in the most unexpected place.
Mentored by Uncle Joe, Scott learns to cope with the circumstances in his life and comes to the realization of what is really most important. Throughout the mission, Scott's eyes are opened to the covert activities and governmental conspiracies that are hidden in plain sight all around him. Scott and Uncle Joe end up in a tactical, science fiction adventure as they confront Commander Manson Kurse, the supreme leader of the Lancaster Science and Research Facility. When Dozer, a cross breed of an android and a cybernetic organism, fails to wake up one morning, Scott and Uncle Joe embark on a secret mission to save him. When Scott was eight years old, he received a unique dog named Dozer as a gift from a family friend. Scott Hrdinsky and his Uncle Joe live on a quiet farm in rural America in the not too distant future. Librarian note: this is the latest cover published for ISBN 1497356229
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