Compelling story, familiar messege

Medieval aliens, intrigues, espionage, power struggles and a zinger twist. an excelent 7 hour listen.
The first part focuses on the protagonist Sarom and building the alien medieval-like world in a binary star system somewhere out there. We soon learn that Sarom is special and further find out why troughout the book.
We're introduced to a pre-technological society wich is all too familiar along with casts, monarchies, ancient relligions, sacred secret texts and strange walking plants. Altough not without it's problems, this alien society seems to live in harmony - that is until an unavoidable natural cosmic disaster threatens their peaceful life altough only few know about it. I don't want to spoil more of the narative but we are treated to a story about self determination, the laws of cause and effect,the prime directive, the meaning of life and universal laws that permeate the universe. I couldn't help but express a sensible chuckle after connecting the dots in the final chapter but it's better that the reader goes trough that himself. Readers familiar with the writings of a certain one-armed swiss man will enjoy this book even more.
Overall a good read, less so memorable characters but more than makes up for it with the story and the messege.

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