Containment

Author:  Christian Cantrell

Publisher: Cantrell Media

Publish Date: 2010
Pages: 241
ISBN No.: 978-0-9845505-1-7

Genre: Science Fiction

Sub Genre: Fantasy

Reader’s Annotation:
Containment has people, technology, plot and subplot and the questioning of what is real as ingredients for this science fiction tale.
Summary:
A brilliant young scientist, one of the first humans born on Venus, Arik Ockely works diligently to achieve the science of artificial photosynthesis, a project crucial to the future of his home, V1.  Arik, part of the first generation to be born and raised off-Earth, has suffered after a near-fatal, puzzling accident.  Finally, waking up he finds that his wife is almost three months pregnant. Since the colony’s environmental systems cannot safely support any increases in population, Arik immediately resumes his work on artificial photosynthesis, in order to save the life of his unborn child. Arik’s new and frantic research uncovers shocking truths about the planet, distorting the reality the founders of the colony have created for Arik’s entire generation. Arik must figure out the right path for himself, his wife and unborn daughter as all he has known he begins to question.
Evaluation: 
This book starts out very quickly and captured my attention from the beginning but then once I was into it the writing style became too technical and far-fetched for me.
Why I Would Include It:
I would include this because for what it is worth the book does have a certain appeal to the die hard science fiction reader. 
Rating: 2

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