Helix is a fast-paced action adventure novel following the plight of four humans when they crashland on what they think is a desolate, ice-bound planet. Daylight brings the discovery that the planet is one of thousands arranged in a vast spiral wound about a central sun. They set off to discover a more habitable, Earth-like world and come across strange races of aliens, and life-threatening perils, on their way.
It doesn't necessarily have to have good science to be a good science fiction book. It doesn't have to have good characterization, or good plotting, or good ideas, or a feel for the written word. But it does need one or more of these things. This book lacks everything mentioned above, in a dreadfully obvious way. It's a painful read and a waste of eight bucks.
