Book Review: "The Darwin Elevator" by Jason M. Hough

In the mid-23rd century, Darwin, Australia, stands as the last human city on Earth. The world has succumbed to an alien plague, with most of the population transformed into mindless, savage creatures. The planet’s refugees flock to Darwin, where a space elevator—created by the architects of this apocalypse, the Builders—emits a plague-suppressing aura.
 
Skyler Luiken has a rare immunity to the plague. Backed by an international crew of fellow “immunes,” he leads missions into the dangerous wasteland beyond the aura’s edge to find the resources Darwin needs to stave off collapse. But when the Elevator starts to malfunction, Skyler is tapped—along with the brilliant scientist, Dr. Tania Sharma—to solve the mystery of the failing alien technology and save the ragged remnants of humanity. - from Amazon.com

I came across this author via Kevin Hearne (author of the IRON DRUID CHRONICLES) as he was helping get the word out, as well as sharing some promotional event earlier this year. The book sounded interesting enough, and once I was able to get the time I sat down to read it. I feel bad when I admit that I did not finish the book. Though I say I like Sci-Fi/Fantasy, my tastes have seemed to move more towards Fantasy than Sci-Fi. Being space-related to some degree in the story, I just started losing interest, even though the writing was fine. Maybe part of it was the background development, that the more interesting stuff was going to happen later ... I don't know.

Hough's writing style was fine, and the story line sounded interesting. I am sure if I had stuck with it, and the next two books, I would enjoy the entire series. I only feel bad that I just couldn't get into the story.