Problems on Eldora Prime: Book I of the Dragons in Space Series

Title: Problems on Eldora Prime: Book I of the Dragons in Space Series
Author: Sandy Lender
Publisher: Night Wolf Publications
ISBN: 9786640629
Pages: 206, Paperback
Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy/Science Fiction

Reviewed by: Gary Sorkin, Pacific Book Review

Book Review

Sandy Lender has a very unique way with words and a clever wit when it comes to naming people, places and things. With a cast of wonderfully colorful characters, described best by the author in this excerpt of those who survived the crash landing of the United Society for Peace and Strength (USPS) ship named the Instigator on the planet Eldora Prime:

Luckily, most of the crew not only survived the crash, but survived the attack of the man-like beasts with their terrible mouths. Trane, better known as Bay for his murderous ways; Jay, the intelligent alien; Gibson, the security chief who carried more weapons than it seemed his wiry frame could support; Kor, the muscular and capable marksman; Shayla, the stealthy but simple chef; Red, the openly aggressive engineer; Khiry, the type A personality whose ship had just crashed on a foreign world; Electra, the United Society for Peace and Strength leader’s beautiful sister; and four of the seven transports who’d paid for passage to Earth sought shelter in the cargo hold with five dragons.

This group joined by others and plagued by fire-breathing Pterodactyloid type of dragons, mutant zombies called “touched” (biologically altered inhabitants of the caves of the planet) and a never ceasing onslaught of situations demanding heightened survival instincts. Sandy Lender does not leave a sentence of insignificant adventure in her brilliant story-telling style. The pace of the book accelerates to warp speed, the adventures analogous to the animalistic uncertainty of Jurassic Park, the credible “Where no man has gone before” as Star Trek, accompanied by Star Wars characters entourage. As I read this book in its electronic version, my finger was constantly scrolling down as I became drawn into this sci-fi adventure of shock and awe.

Quite cleverly Sandy Lender began her novel by introducing a glossary of new words. Just as Shakespearian “English” is antiquated for our literature today, our current vernacular is obsolete to describe the world of the distant future. In my opinion, this is an ingenious way to bring the reader into her fantasy world with credibility and having an “insider’s” understanding of the conversational interactions of her characters.

Problems on Eldora Prime is the best prequel to a series of books destined to become classics in young adult reading. Ideally written for screenplay adaptation for the making of a blockbuster movie, or series of movies for that matter, people should not wait until Hollywood catches up, as this book is available on all popular websites now.