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Sanctity by Toshi Drake5/19/2023 ![]() Perhaps the most important, especially to Michael, is his partner Eizen, the Padua's first officer. ![]() While in theory not a human from Earth, Michael is still a very relatable character. The entire narration is told from Michael's point of view, and we can really get into his personality as he deals with successive surprises. However, this is definitely a more character-driven story. The world-building is quite well done, creating a believable future populated with very believable humans and human-like aliens. “Entity” is a rather fresh concoction of familiar sci-fi themes. It's just the beginning of a harrowing experience that involves an abandoned ship and a mysterious strange child. When the Padua encounters an abandoned ship's heart in space, the captain orders Michael to leave the ship to guard the heart, even though mechaniques are not supposed to leave the heart they're bonded to. ![]() His bond allows him to communicate with the “ship's heart”, forming a bridge between the crew and the cephalopod pilot. Michael Collins is the ship Padua's “mechanique”, a member of a humanoid species that bonds with the octopus-like species that pilots the ships for interstellar flight. ![]()
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