Orion Dying Time

I am a science fiction fan, who most times despises fantasy. The Orion series often lay on the line separating the two genres, sometimes jumping across. The Orion Series by Ben Bova is terrific. Orion in the Dying Time is no exception. The Dying time excels in creating a nemesis that seems unsurmountable.

from the inside cover of the August 1991 TOR paperback edition cover art by Boris Vallejo Anya and I would never be free to live as normal human beings. There would always be the Creators to pull my strings, never leaving us alone. Always a new task, a new enemy, a new time and place. But never a time and place for happiness. Not for me. Not for us.

Like Ben Bova's first two Orion novels (Orion and Vengeance of Orion), Orion in the Dying Time has the more-than-human, less-than-god Orion being used and abused by by the Creators, a race of very advanced god-like humans. This time, they send Orion on an errand to save mankind before it is wiped out by the maddened alien pseudo-god Set. Though Orion hates being the Creator's lackey, he realizes that if his mission fails, humanity (which includes himself as well as the Creators) will be erased from the time-line. Orion then finds himself battling the minions of Set back in the time of dinosaurs. At stake is his very existence.This is a good sci-fi novel that deals with gods, eternity, time travel and destiny -- something Orion constantly tries to thwart, in one form or the other.Orion hates being a slave to fate. Can't say I blame him.

Damn Ben Bova, you did it yet again! A great read in all genre's. It is like Bova meets Burroughs! A must read for the Godliness in you!