Review: Terminal Alliance by Jim C. Hines

Terminal Alliance by Jim C. Hines

☆☆☆☆

Science Fiction

This was a fun space adventure. Humans on earth have sort of devolved into zombies, so this alien race takes them out a few at a time, cures them, and gives them jobs on their spaceships. On one of these ships, a bio-weapon takes out the command staff and turns most of the humans into zombies. Only the Health and Sanitation crew comes out unscathed, and they take it upon themselves to investigate what happened and cure their crewmates.

It was funny to watch a group of janitors and plumbers learn how to pilot a spaceship and turn on communications, sort of like on “Galaxy Quest” when the crew B.S.es their way around the ship. There are plenty of embarrassing moments.



But there’s also a solid adventure story with a mystery and action and clever escapes. So if you enjoy straight-up science fiction that’s not dark and depressing, you may want to check this out.