"The entire second half of the novel is, as the cover blurbs promise, chock full of adventure... I look forward to the sequel if indeed one does appear."
-- Micheal Levy, The New York Review of Science Fiction
" I can't remember the time the final fifty pages of a novel had me so riveted. Divine Intervention's goal is to balance excitement and adventure with some good philosophical and scientific tubthumping, and it clicks. I had loads of fun reading this book, and I'll be following Ken Wharton's development in full drooling-fanboy mode."
-- T.M. Wagner, SFREVIEWS.net (full review)
"An intellectually provocative and tantalizingly sharp-witted page turner."
-- Chris Wyatt, Cinescape Magazine
"The characters are strong, the conflict is complex, and the style supports the delicate balance at all times. Add this to a collection of ideas as strong and varied ... as those of any masterwork of the genre, and you have one of the best books of the year. "
-- Timothy A. Cooper, Speculon (full review)
"A very promising first novel roaming from quantum physics to a bow-and-arrow fight in outer space."
-- Fred Cleaver, Denver Post (full review)
"A whipcrack plot that keeps the reader running from one danger to another, without time to catch an easy breath."
--Lisa DuMond, SF Site and MEviews.com (full review)
"The action, the science, the puzzles, and the characters deliver."
-- Lori Ann White, Strange Horizons (full review)
"This has been a year that has seen very few new interesting talents in SF, but Wharton is one of the welcome exceptions."
-- Don D'Ammassa, Science Fiction Chronicle
"Here is a work that contains some pretty hardcore physics and quantum theory, but it's not wrapped around a space-opera plot or a simple space exploration theme. Instead the characters not only struggle with the classic SF theme of what it means to be human, but also argue about what it means to be God."
-- Duane Wilkins, Talebones
"The characterization is nicely balanced, and matches well with the plot, the technique, the environment, and the theme."
-- John Savage, Savage Reviews (full review)
"Wharton hits the tone exactly right throughout: he has based his story on a speculative physics that is plausible enough to have serious physicists stroking their chins in rumination, while never bogging the casual reader down in irrelevant or technical minutiae."
-- Bluejack, Bluejack.com (full review)
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"DIVINE INTERVENTION is a wonderful heresy, positive proof that a hard-SF novel can seriously deal with physics, religion, and interstellar colonization, and also be a page-turning adventure story. Reminiscent of Poul Anderson's best work, it signals the arrival of a fine new writer."
-- Allen Steele "Ken Wharton has written an inventive, well-paced adventure that is full of ideas, too." -- G. David Nordley |
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