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Cover of Impact! (an Ell Donsaii Story #12)

Impact! (an Ell Donsaii Story #12)

Laurence Dahners (2014-09-21)

Subgenre
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages224 (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Chronic Illness

Hero archetypes

Colonist / Settler

Protagonist archetypes

Chosen One

Synopsis

"Impact" is the twelfth book in a series of near future SciFi/Thrillers whose heroine Ell Donsaii has a nerve mutation that makes her a genius and provides her some astonishing athletic abilities. In "Impact," Ell's been taken off the "Most Wanted" list and is resuming somewhat of a normal life. Her old friend Phil Zabrisk is on his way to Mars. One of her exploration rockets is about to land on an earthlike world.Then an enormous comet crashes into Tau Ceti three, threatening the lives of the teecees there. Aliens that Ell and others have come to think of as friends. Phil falls on Mars, breaking his hip in a fashion that needs surgery soon if he's not to be crippled.Can she save her friends at Tau Ceti and is the risk of porting Phil back to Earth acceptable?Oh, and her son Zage is confounding people right and left...

Tags

Hard Science FictionNear FutureThrillerSpace Opera

Is Impact! (an Ell Donsaii Story #12) appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

This near-future sci-fi thriller features a genius heroine racing to save alien friends from a comet impact and rescue an injured friend on Mars. Medical emergency (broken hip requiring surgery) and high-stakes space rescue scenarios with mild peril.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include chronic illness.

Who'll love this

Teens will be drawn to the smart, athletic heroine facing impossible rescue missions across space with innovative solutions.