Review: Kismet
As interplanetary war threatens the Perseid system, a scientist ventures to the far reaches of space in her search for the truth: is humanity the master of its own fate, or is destiny truly inescapable?
The Republic and the Hegemony are gearing up for war. Tertia, Oracle of the Ordana, can forsee it. She is one of only two surviving clones from a batch of eight, engineered to provide guidance to the Ordana religious institution in the Perseid system.
But that is not all she sees... some unseen force is disturbing the flow of mana - the source of magic - through the ley lines of the star system. These visions of madness destroyed six of her clone sisters...
The other survivor is Octavia, who does not have 'the Sight' and instead works as a lone scientist, investigating the physical basis of the mana.
A stranger seeks her out, a man called Sebastian who hopes that she can answer a question that troubles him very deeply... the question of what he is. He wears a "glamour' to appear human, but he is not...
Octavia cannot solve his personal mystery but offers him a job as her assistant in her work. They discover that the geological features of the planetoid Auriga somehow concentrates the flow of mana, creating the potential for great destruction. Is this the reason for Auriga's disputed status?
Kismet by writer/artist Jaki King is a sci-fi drama/romance with a hint of the mystical woven in to create a magical mix. Her artwork is an elegant combination of clean, flowing lines and glowing, restrained colours.
The story shifts from the political and religious manoeuvres of an impending interstellar war, to the personal and the spiritual as the characters try to find meaning in a universe that seems to defy any laws of reality or sanity... Can our heroes uncover the truth? If they can, will it be too late?
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