This book was bought at Half Price Books in Madison, WI while I was doing a research project there.

This is the story of a family who decides to train to be shipped through a gate to settle in an alternate world called the Horse World. Otherwise very similar to the world we know, it's gravity is slightly less and so the creatures there have evolved to be in many cases larger. Here terraforming had been started when a bubble in spacetime caused the alternate world to experience more time than the home world. Human society originating from the original exploration crew has since adapted to the environment and must be treated gentry as they no longer believe in Earth/the original home world.

I am really picky about the fact that my science fiction has to be at least self-consistent, but so much the better if it really explores the consequences of the differences in its setting from the world we know. I am happy to say that this book was really satisfying on both accounts. I immediately went to add the next book in the series to my wishlist, only to discover that it is not even on Amazon yet to pre-order. I will be awaiting it impatiently.

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