Far-Seer (Quintaglio Ascension Series #1) Book

Interesting, sure. So much reads like fantasy though, what with royalty, and a quest, and rites of passage, and a prophecy, even a chosen One... I prefer my sf to be more sciency. Otoh, this is all about one genius, one Galileo analogue, who discovers the scientific method (observation, not experimentation) while discovering the truth about the nature of their world.

I happen to own this and the sequel and so am reading them, but am not sure whether I'll be recommending them or looking for the third. I guess I do recommend them to teens who have been raised by creationists.... ;)

I do like some of the psychology-building. Carnivorous dinosaurs are intensely territorial. So there are all sorts of codes of conduct, including the knowledge that "civilized beings did not fight."

There's a bit of a language lesson here, in that a pack vs. a Pack is "written in left-facing glyphs instead of right."

The lesson, that science is more useful than faith, is hammered home in a number of ways. I particularly like our hero's declaration, while in prison, "I'm against no one. I'm for the truth."