Obscura - Book Review

A mission to a space shuttle to figure out what's causing a strange "space sickness" causing crew members to lose their memories. Seems like a pretty straightforward mission for Dr. Gillian Ryan, but factor in that she's going to be leaving behind her own sick daughter for six months to do the mission, she's got her own demons of addiction to face, AND the mission leader hasn't exactly been straightforward with her about what's really going on, and you've got a science fiction book filled with mystery and murder.

Take the science parts of The Martian and add in a thrilling Agatha Christie "whodunit" with a little bit of Stephen King horror and that's Joe Hart's latest book Obscura.

A few things to note: this one is kind of long. 373 pages. But it still fit comfortably in my backpack for my commute to and from work. There are also parts that get a little gruesome, especially toward the end, so if you don't like reading that type of thing, then maybe you should pass on this book.

But if long books and blood don't bother you, then DO NOT pass this book. It was a little slow for me to get started, but once we got to the part where the mission had actually begun, that's when the story really picked up, and I became more invested in what was happening. There are several characters, and you don't know who to trust, but it certainly is kind of fun trying to figure it all out alongside the main character of Gillian Ryan.

I can see this book being made into a movie, so I hope somebody options it and greenlights it or whatever those Hollywood terms are!

Obscura is published by Thomas & Mercer and is on bookstore shelves now. I received a free advance review copy with no obligation to review from Amazon at a press preview.