“Human Trial is a Sci-Fi story about humanity gone terribly wrong during an international thermal disaster, living in a ravaged terrain and learning, once again, how to survive. The characters run the gambut of all nationalities and races. The controlling leader, Daron Turner, starts out as a vicious, tough leader that causes fear among the small group of survivors. Out of desperation to find a solution their many problems, mayhem sets in and the group becomes unstable. The killings and anger are raw and not for the faint of heart. I had difficulty with the clinical (technical) descriptions of rebuilding their small community and feel it took away from the story too long. I would rather have had more flushing out of the characters that were an interesting gathering of humanity. The story reminds me of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. Timothy N. Stelly Sr. is a good storyteller and has a strong voice. He's working on a sequel titled Human Trial II: Adam’s War. It should be interesting.”
