- Paperback: 252 pages
- Publisher: Paladin Timeless Books (November 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 160619089X
- ISBN-13: 978-1606190890
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 21.6 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
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When a stranger invades geneticist Mai Trung's office, he has to say only one word to get her interested in leaving with him: Xenobiology. Rumors have been rife about aliens on Earth, but only a select few know that they arrived on widely scattered lifeboats from a wrecked spaceship. Mai is brought into the secret group working with a few of the surviving aliens because they have one trait that is almost incredible for its implications: They can turn themselves into perfect humans. More than perfect, actually. Closer to superhuman. And Mai is told she will be working with one of the aliens in order to help figure out how to apply that ability to humans; to heal injuries, to slow or even reverse the aging process, to make oneself healthier or more attractive. In the meantime, other scientists are re-engineering some of the alien technology in order to build a faster-than-light spaceship before other nations who have captured aliens do so. From that first word in her office, Mai begins an incredible journey that will eventually take her to the stars and into a whole new existence. Sequel to Human by Choice.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Painfully disappointing, Sep 30 2010
By S. Hansen - Published on Amazon.com
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As a guess, I'd say that swapping Travis Taylor with Stephanie Osborne as co-author was not the best choice. It seems common enough that sequels don't measure up to the first in a series, but the drop-off from Human By Choice is rather more abrupt than most. The characters in The Y Factor are one-dimensional and the plot has gaps that are disconcerting.From the beginning, the reader is asked to believe that "Miss" Trung is a 29 year old senior scientist with two PhDs and a history that includes a stint in the US Army. Her life prior to the opening chapter is never explained in any detail but fitting in an undergraduate degree, two PhDs, one in molecular microbiology, a couple of years in the Army, and enough research work to be heading up a research group and a priority acquisition by a super secret government agency into 29 years is stretching the limits of believability. Unfortunately, that's just the first of many unbelievable or at least unsupported story elements.
Another jarring note is the authors' heavy handed anti-Islamic bias, although the treatment of the Hindu religion isn't much better. Again, this ties in the rather black and white, good or bad, treatment of the various characters.
Oh, and if by some chance you're looking for romantic or possibly erotic fiction, the rating would be ZZZZZ. Five Zs for a real sleeper.
I gave it two stars instead of one only because I actually was able to finish it. But it was a close thing. Avoid this one.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Great book!, April 15 2011
By Daniel Hollifield - Published on Amazon.com
Just finished this a little while ago and I thought it was a wonderful read! The characters are realistic, I know people in real life like the human characters in here. The alien characters are well written to accent their alien-ness. The story is excellent. Just an all around entertaining book. I would recommend it to every SF fan.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Another good "Understand the alien mind" book, Oct 2 2010
By Noah Nason - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The y Factor (Paperback)
I enjoyed this second book of hopefully a longer series. I especially enjoyed it coming from the point of a female mind, which is still not found often in the SF arena. I would like to see the third book take on this alien culture from the alien male point of view.
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