A Review of Ken Hart’s The Eyes Behold Tomorrow
(Pensacola, FL: World Castle Publishing, 2014), ISBN: 9781629891163 (print edition) A few months ago I reviewed Ken Hart’s debut novel, Behind the Gem (Gypsy Shadow Publishing, 2010), which I found to be an enjoyable and well-paced science fiction adventure with a heart. In his follow-up, The Eyes Behold Tomorrow , Hart uses a similar setup—a human male transplanted on a planet with a female-dominated, more advanced alien race, a situation that leads to political intrigue as well as a considerable amount of romance—but it is there that the similarities end. The protagonist of The Eyes Behold Tomorrow , namesake of the pirate Edward Teach (“Blackbeard’), has little in common with the former Army Ranger of Behind the Gem . Teach is a playboy genius with sharp business sense and a wild side. When Earth is threatened by aliens, Teach is chosen to enter the pilot training program of a benevolent race called the Feletians. His training, evaluation, and appointment to the Feletian