Title: Tricentennial
Author: Lawrence Burk
Publisher: Book-Art Press Solutions LLC
ISBN: B07W81YQ6H
Pages: 231
Genre: Fiction/Science Fiction
Reviewed by: CC Thomas

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In Tricentennial, readers are treated to the third installment in Lawrence Burk’s series about life in a futuristic world involving human destruction and salvation. The first two books, A Remarkable Curse and Beyond Providence, set the stage for a strange new world that isn’t as unrealistic as it might appear to science fiction newbies. In the series, Burk has created a world in which extraterrestrials have mated with human women. As these women are pregnant with their alien children, they are granted unique supernatural powers.

As the series continues, life on Earth has been extinguished and those alien hybrids struggle to create a post-apocalyptic civilization. The main characters want desperately to save the human race and manipulate DNA to create and sustain human life. That’s the backstory leading up to Tricentennial. While it isn’t necessary to read the other two first, it does shed some light on the characters and the situations they find themselves in.

The story of Tricentennial takes place in the Mississippi Delta in the year 2052. The main characters have retained the unique supernatural powers and are largely telepathic. This makes subterfuge and secret-keeping quite difficult and the resulting society is one that is open and peaceful or, at least, it strives to be. However, there is an event due to occur that will change the fabric of what this new society and culture has created: a transfer of power and knowledge from the alien civilization to the human- hybrids living on Earth. The aliens want to transfer this important power to a “Supreme Counselor,” a chosen being who will guide the human hybrids into a more perfect society for the future.

Sounds pretty great, huh? Well, except those darn human genes get in the way every time! The main character Beta is a descendant of those first hybrids and is torn from within. Part of her embraces this new vision, but another part of her is frustrated by events she has no control over. The resulting tug-of-war within Beta soon spills over into her relationships with others, creating instances of adventure, thrill, danger, and seduction.

If you’re a science fiction fan,Tricentennial will be right up your alley. The writing and plot development are extremely similar to Dune, another book series where transfer of power rests within a matriarchal society. Futuristic science fiction book series with strong female lead characters are rare and Tricentennial can count itself a forerunner of this niche genre. If you like your future with a bit of female sass mixed with spiritualism and logic, then Lawrence Burk is an author you’ll definitely want to check out!