Morris, Brandon Q. The Disturbance. Translated by Sián Robertson. Kindle, 2021.
Brandon Morris writes novels with a hard-science edge that I like. I just wish he were a better novelist. Like others of his novels, The Disturbance has an intriguing premise. An astronomical anomaly is detected several light-days from Earth. It is headed our way, so a mission is launched to investigate. It is billed as the longest manned flight in history. But it isn’t. The crew is told that they are humans, but halfway to their target, they discover they are actually androids with no need to breathe or consume the food that has been packed for them. They feel betrayed and face an existential crisis about their mission. Sadly, character development, dialogue, and plotting are not done well enough to let the novel reach its potential. 3.5 stars. ( )