Village in the Sky will be released on January 31st....
An exploration starship discovers a village on a distant world. Lights are on, but oddly, there’s no sign of intelligent beings anywhere else on the planet. The vehicle is not cleared to make contact, so it simply reports what it has seen. A second vehicle proceeds to the world to make the judgment call, whether to say hello, or to keep its presence hidden. When it arrives, there is no village, and no indication there ever was one. Eventually the incident attracts the attention of Alex and Chase. They also find no sign it has ever existed, but they encounter a new kind of life.
A Stone Hedge has been found in the United States older than the English Stone Hedge under water in Lake Michigan. Interesting.
So I am interested in why the tech keeps going backward? In A talent for war the new FTL is discovered, in every following book the FTL goes backwards a bit each book, In Village in the sky it has reverted to the FTL found at the start of the first book?
Also in the first book, a 'book' essentially was an enhanced VR experience, now it is a book made of paper again?
Is this intended to reflect our own society? A comment on whether a person would notice the slow failure of a civilisation if you are living in it?
I struggle to believe it is as some comments elsewhere have suggested being 'lazy writing' as the story…
I think that I renewed it at the Main Akron Summit County Public Library. I think I got it. Good luck to me.
I am in a few moments going to renew the book (if it is available at the Akron Summit County Public Library) I hope it is available. I read it once carefully and I would like to read it again carefully.
These are two originals please paste them into GOOGLE and give them a look https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tv0wGnEjOs&t=2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvt5-ASuIUg
I just bought a copy at Boskone.