Delightfully and surprisingly narrated by a young woman
beginning her studies at the University of New Mexico, Jordan Becket brings her
inspirational character, Roxanne Wyatt, nicknamed “Rox”, to life in a superb
tale of scientific intrigue in Zero
Point: Bond, Bonding is forever.
Embellished with extraordinary detail of the geology and
environment of the Albuquerque New Mexico area, one truly feels transported to
the serine and enchanted landscapes, the climate, and the people amassing the
technology think tank of Sandia National Laboratories, other governmental
research programs, and the UNM science departments. Rox, a sharp witted, bright and a very good
person is the daughter of a brilliant mother with more Ph.D. degrees than a
thermometer, a bit absent minded (to say the least), however known worldwide
for her cutting edge research. Rox’s
father died when she was young, so she has been raised primarily by her
mom. For example, Rox would be the one
to make dinner and tend to ordinary household tasks, as her mom was so immersed
in her brainiac thoughts she couldn’t really do the little things in life very
well.
Rox has some innate advantages over her friends – one
physically because of being a tad over six feet tall, and the other having the
DNA of not only her brilliant mom, but her dad who also gained scientific
notoriety with his work with crystals and the discovery of a diamond field
underground in South America. To this
end, Rox has been absorbed by her own scientific theory stemming from molecules
being formed in such a way to produce energy, inspired by a Popular Science article she read as a
teenager. Rox’s friend Alex, a guy with
whom shares hormonal attraction yet has ulterior motives, draws Rox’s life into
a whirlpool of events which bring very uncommon and original scenarios to the
reader’s enjoyment. I must admit, Jordan
Becket’s very casual and extremely comfortable writing style, along with her
intimate knowledge of the inner circle echelons of university and government
research programs, made Zero Point: Bond
a book impossible to put down. The
credibility of the characters lifts them right off the page and into your mind
in a very believable way. I almost felt
as if I was a friend of Rox’s, or at least would like to have been if we ever
we had the chance to meet.
This is a wonderful book for anyone, but especially
recommended for young adults; high-school or college women primarily, as Rox is
a really interesting role model, a woman of thought and morals, kindness and
cunning. I am pleased to learn that Rox
will “Rox- on” in a sequel being written by Jordan Becket. So it’s best to read Zero Point: Bond, Bonding is forever before the next in the Zero Point series is upon us!
Available soon at Amazon.com
