The Trilisk Ruins (Parker Interstellar Travels #1), by Michael McCloskey, is a futuristic tale. Mankind has achieved an efficient form of space travel and ventured out among the stars, but humanity and the people who try to manage it are not so very different from us today.
Among the stars, humanity has discovered evidences – artifacts – left by several technologically advanced alien races, but have not found any evidence that these races still survive.
Telisa Relachik is the daughter of a high ranking naval officer, the captain of a military starship. She is trained as a xenoarcheologist (studier of alien artifacts) and highly resents the government’s increasing attempt to control possession and even knowledge of the alien artifacts. This puts her and her father at odds with each other.
Telisa accepts a job offer with an organization that has the ability – and the desire – to help her locate and study artifacts without government interference. The only problem is that doing so is so illegal it carries the death penalty. Continue reading “Book Review: The Trilisk Ruins”