Stories Short Story Liberating Earth Story: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Project Thunderbird 1 image Overview How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes 1 Overview Released Saturday, January 31, 2015 Written by Kelly Hale Publisher Obverse Books Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) War in Heaven Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save How to read Project Thunderbird: Books Liberating Earth Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 9 June 2025 · 202 words Review by Molly ★★★☆☆ – I’m not complaining! This one’s a bit slow for my tastes – not dense enough with happening (whether that’s plot-wise character-wise, or thematically) for the pauce page count. Perhaps Kelly Hale does better in longer form? I’d imagine that could be the case – her prose is doubtlessly enjoyable. I look forward to seeing what her earlier Faction Paradox novel Erasing Sherlock is like (though I hear there’s a bit too much talk about Mr. Holmes’s “bulging member” or some such in that one). This story is the one that suffers the most from the anthology’s seeming complete lack of proofreading, and it actually did impact my enjoyment when, say, punctuation was missing in an otherwise particularly emotional scene. The most tickling of all the proofing errors is, however, most definitely this: […] [']You have to be able to prove heritage these days and even then...' *something here. There's a huge scarcity of resources in most of the European countries because of all the refugees. […] Somehow, it seems that a note from the author to remind herself of filling out a scene was left in – was this a draft that was accidentally published instead of the final version? Oopsie. Molly View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics More Ratings Needed! 2 ratings Member Statistics Read 7 Favourited 0 Reviewed 1 Saved 0 Skipped 7 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite He raises his head. He will look the spirit-person in the eyes, if it has eyes. He will not trade a futile hope for his honest despair. He wants certainty and if he can't have certainty then he will have nothing. — Project Thunderbird