Not a nail biting kind of science fiction...but, the story of a group of people being abducted by aliens, not from space, but from the mysterious space called Mohovovic line, is rather an inversion of imagination from space to the depths of the earth's mantle.
Quite weak in plot, what saves it is the importance given to one's freedom to make a choice, never mind if it is subverted by the Interterrans. Then, there is the idea of immortality and pleasure becoming a pain actually...now, that is different.
The Hindu belief that the body is only a physical form and has no bearing to one's personality and that we carry our karma from the past to the present and to the future - this idea is explored with a little imagination by Cook. Otherwise, the story is not exciting and is a featherweight piece of writing from Cook.
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