Some have mutated based on what we're putting into their habitats, and it only makes sense that some humans would, when exposed to certain chemicals, would also mutate depending on their DNA. It's something we deal with everyday without even knowing it, but we see it mostly in animals. Granted, it's a large part of the novel, but it was almost a side-plot and I would love to read a novel strictly about the mutations. It's something not dealt with in space sci-fi, and I appreciated that. But what I felt was unique was that he went into the consequences of colonizing these planets. Young describes how planets become colonized and transformed to suit human life. The world that was created was actually quite well thought out. We're given just enough about him to know his part in the mission is out of character, and his later revelation we understand to be a big turning point in his life. What was at first slightly frustrating, I grew to appreciate that we're not told everything about the world or Twelve. When he finds the only survivors of a massacred town, three children, he finds himself on a mission to rescue the fourth survivor. The novel follows the stranger called Twelve, a bounty hunter who travels to frontier planets looking for work. But the more I think about it, the more depth I find in the writing. It's not a difficult read, and at first it seems like a simple story.
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