Remnant Population

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Ofelia has spent most of her life caring for her menfolk in an agrarian colony on a frontier planet. The colony has failed miserably, largely because it was built in an area prone to flooding and frequent hurricanes. Either the sponsoring company was more interested in propagating Evil Corporation stereotypes than in establishing a viable colony, or a thorough planetary survey with climate analysis would have taken all the challenge out of it.

When the colonists are evacuated, Ofelia manages to hide and stay behind. Alone, she has plenty of peace and quiet and the freedom to work in her garden barefoot; fortunately, the company was kind enough to leave behind such amenities as a functional power plant, so she's perfectly comfortable until the next wave of colonists arrives. As Ofelia listens to the new arrivals' radio chatter, they land far away from her village, where they are promptly wiped out to the last man by indigenous aliens whose existence no one even suspected before.

I know "indigenous aliens" is a contradiction in terms, but it says what I mean, so I'm using it anyway. Ofelia's precious peace comes to an end when the aliens turn up in her village.

In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy.

Unfortunately, there will be a generation left behind. For members of that missed generation, small advances will be made. Through various programs, they will be taught to get along in the world despite their differences. They will be made active and contributing members of society. But they will never be normal.

A power-driven young woman has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artefacts prized by her people. She must free their thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned. Ingray and her charge will return to their home world to find their planet in political turmoil, at the heart of an escalating interstellar conflict. Together they must make a new plan to salvage Ingray's future, her family and her world before they are lost to her for good. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans.

Humanity has colonized the planets - interstellar travel is still beyond our reach, but the solar system has become a dense network of colonies. But there are tensions - the mineral-rich outer planets resent their dependence on Earth and Mars and the political and military clout they wield over the Belt and beyond. Now, when Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. For forty years, Colony On this planet far away in space and time from the world of her youth, she has lived and loved, weathered the death of her husband, raised her one surviving child, lovingly tended her garden, and grown placidly old.

And it is here that she fully expects to finish out her days - until the shifting corporate fortunes of the Sims Bancorp Company dictates that Colony But while her fellow colonists grudgingly anticipate a difficult readjustment on some distant world, Ofelia savors the promise of a golden opportunity. Not starting over in the hurly-burly of a new community A population of one. With everything she needs to sustain her, and her independent spirit to buoy her, Ofelia actually does start life over - for the first time on her own terms: But when a reconnaissance ship returns to her idyllic domain, and its crew is mysteriously slaughtered, Ofelia realizes she is not the sole inhabitant of her paradise after all.

And, when the inevitable time of first contact finally arrives, she will find her life changed yet again - in ways she could never have imagined I really like Elizabeth Moon's writing and prefer her stand alone book to the series.

The last part of the book let it down, the ending was good but the last group of characters did not seem to be real people. Overall really enjoyed the book. I love the way the author has in telling this story.

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After listening to the whole thing I want to turn around and listen to it again. I already miss the characters and can see how this planet will develop into something wonderful. I love this story, ever since I first read it and was thrilled to find it here on Audible. The narrator's voice has a wonderful 'aged' timbre and fits the character.

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It may be Science Fiction but has the universal themes of being in charge of one's own destiny and how the choices one makes to interact with 'new people' has long lasting repercussions. Elderly heroines are rare and this one is well worth remembering. When I am an old woman I shall wear purple with a red hat and try to be just like Ofelia!

Remnant Population isn't a perfect book, but it sure has a wonderful protagonist and one unlike any I have previously come across in Sci-Fi. Ofelia has traveled the stars in her lifetime but doesn't begin her real personal journey until the age of 70, and Remnant Population is the story of that amazing personal evolution. However, the first half of the book may feel like a bit of a slog for someone looking for traditional sci-fi - there is almost no action.

It takes the author a full 2 hours to set up the story, another hour before any suspense is introduced, and another 2 hours after that before the real action begins. After a very gradual buildup, the entire second half of the book is chock-full of both characters and drama that are totally engaging. But while her fellow colonists grudgingly anticipate a difficult readjustment on some distant world, Ofelia savors the promise of a golden opportunity. Not starting over in the hurly-burly of a new community. A population of one.

With everything she needs to sustain her, and her independent spirit to buoy her, Ofelia actually does start life over—for the first time on her own terms: But when a reconnaissance ship returns to her idyllic domain, and its crew is mysteriously slaughtered, Ofelia realizes she is not the sole inhabitant of her paradise after all. And, when the inevitable time of first contact finally arrives, she will find her life changed yet again—in ways she could never have imagined. Also by Elizabeth Moon.