Rejoice!
Is “Rejoice, a Knife to the Heart” just wishful thinking? Or is it a harsh wake up call for the rest of us. Is it a call to arms? Or is it a call to our innate compassion?
An alien civilization dismantles every known human concept. There are no borders.
Much as Draconus had etched in that stone in Forge of Darkness, the aliens hammer into everything: There Will Be Peace.
Humans have to re-evaluate everything they believed in. No longer the custodians of the Earth. No longer able to express their emotions in the form of violence. No longer ... free. Emasculation in all but name.
Erikson is the god of storytelling, and with his latest science fiction novel he proves that his talent knows no bounds.
The question now isn't whether people will be offended by any of it; they will be. Nor is it whether any of what he wrote is plausible; it is.
The question is whether we will learn anything from it.
And I think the answer is a forgone conclusion already: no.
Alter Bridge's The Last Hero is appropriate to quote here.
“Can you hear the marching, beating of the drums? Once again the dogs are out for blood Words and accusations, history revised But time is gonna tell that you were right
Oh how you tried I know that you tried To save us
Save us”