Title: Radioactive Era of Change
Author: Isaiah Lopez
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 9781662426032
Pages: 598
Genre: Science Fiction / Action & Adventure
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
Pacific Book Review
Radioactive Era of Change is an extraordinary science opera which combines human intellect with technology in a new world. When the world is disrupted by the fall of a huge meteor to the Earth, strange and significant changes occur, especially to those on the East Coast where the blast occurs as their bodies mutate to new forms and acquire phenomenal powers.
When Isaiah gains consciousness in a new environment, he finds out he has awakened in an apocalyptic world, thirteen years in the future, underground in a lab with no memory, a missing arm, and different colored hair and eyes. As he comes to terms with this new world, he experiences a wide range of emotions since he cannot remember his name, nor the previous events which had taken place. As his memory vaguely returns, he forms unlikely friendships as a distant but sinister plot begins unfolding before his eyes and imperils the new changes he has had to adjust to in his life.
Imbued with well-wrought characters that develop as the book hurtles along, vivid and lush descriptions, and thoughtful dialogue, Radioactive Era of Change is unequivocally a win-win by itself. Author Lopez astutely employs all the elements of hard science fiction by infusing healthy doses of aerodynamics, quantum physics, exobiology, and chemistry emphasizing current scientific details and research while keeping the reader’s attention afloat with a high-octane plot. His knowledge of science and technology further gives this book a high poise.
This immersive character-driven story presents a flawed but determined protagonist, one with whom readers will easily gel. Altogether, Radioactive Era of Change by Isaiah Lopez is an absorbing story which is nothing short of sublime and one that fans of hard science fiction will enjoy leaning on.
