![]() The plot is meandering and many a times one tends to forget what exactly is happening. The text is heavy on Philosophy, too heavy I would say. Palmer has used a very unique style of writing - English, which many a times feels was written by a renaissance author with an added smattering of Latin throughout the text. Individuals are free to choose their hive and then are bound by its laws. Hives are what the author has called the post-nation groups. The plot centers around hives and the political machinations of their leaders. The novels are based in the not so distant future (2400 AD). ![]() Terra Ignota comprises four novels - Too Like the Lightning, Seven Surrenders, The Will to Battle and Perhaps the Stars. As a genre sci-fi offers one the possibility of envisioning a future, many a times unencumbered by the realities of the present. ![]()
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