

Although decently written, it is also extremely dense and, at the beginning, nearly impossible to keep characters and plot points distinguished. The first of The Plague Confederacy series, Breakpoint: Nereis combines a rousing space opera with a first-rate medical mystery.

"Summary Bibliography: Alison Sinclair". Breakpoint: Nereis is a fairly hard sci fi story dealing with politics and medical drama."Alison Sinclair | science, medicine, science fiction, and fantasy".^ "Lightborn by Alison Sinclair book review".^ "REVIEW: Darkborn by Alison Sinclair".^ "Darkborn by Alison Sinclair book review".^ "Fiction Book Review: Darkborn by Alison Sinclair, Author." "Where Blindness Is Not (?) a Disability: Alison Sinclair's Darkborn Trilogy" by Newman-Stille, Derek - Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. ^ Newman-Stille, Derek (September 2013).^ "Authors : Sinclair, Alison : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia".Passions run high as deceit and trickery threaten to destroy them all.

But the new Confederacy has struggles of its owns and it is ill-equipped to play peacemaker. The mandate of First Contact is to help stabilize devastated colonies while searching for the origins of the plague that brought down the empire. Struggling to rebuild an empire shattered by plague, the starship, Waiora, recontacts the colony of Nereis, only to find themselves embroiled in war. Struggling to reb The first of" The Plague Confederacy" series, "Breakpoint: Nereis" combines a rousing space opera with a first-rate medical mystery. The first of" The Plague Confederacy" series, "Breakpoint: Nereis" combines a rousing space opera with a first-rate medical mystery. The Waiorans superior technology and civilizing values may be the lifeline that saves the people of Nereis - or they may plunge them into a world destroying war.more When the medical re-contact ship Waiora emerges from the star gate - its dual mission to find the origins of the plague and to stabilize surviving colonies - its crew are immediately immersed in the conflicts and intrigues of the troubled planet. Over 150 years have passed since a devastating plague destroyed an interstellar empire, leaving the people of Nereis to fend for themselves on a barel Over 150 years have passed since a devastating plague destroyed an interstellar empire, leaving the people of Nereis to fend for themselves on a barely habitable planet.
