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A PROBLEM IN RELATIVITY

ONE:
Eons ago, a gentle race of giant aliens fled the planet Minerva, leaving the ancestors of Man to fend for themselves.

TWO:
50 thousand years ago, Minerva exploded, hurling its moon into an orbit about the Earth.

THREE:
In the 21st century, scientists Victor Hunt and Chris Danchekker, doing research on Ganymede, attract a small band of friendly aliens lost in time, who begin to reveal something of the origin of Mankind.

Finally, Man thought he comprehended his place in the Universe...until he learned of the Watchers in the stars!

The book is probably heavier into science than the first two, but not so far out to be incomprehensible to the average reader. Well, the average hard science fiction reader. It was fun, seeing what Hogan had gotten right when it came to the future (quite a bit, actually,) and what he got wrong.

And the mystery continues, though, because I’d learned so much about the history of all the players, this mystery was a lot easier to figure out. Once we know who all the players are, it sort of fell into place. I’d figured it out before the characters had.

But that was okay, because, finally, there’s more character development. Not a whole lot, but enough to make up for the lack of real mystery. Maybe because one of the main characters is a woman, and Hogan had to work harder in order to make her believable? Maybe. Whatever the reason, it was a refreshing change. Change enough that I know I’ll read the next, and final, installment in the Giants series.

Oops, no, make that second to the last.