Currently I'm a librarian and before that I was an archaeologist, a journalist, and definitely a bit of a world traveler. I tend to mostly read science fiction and fantasy, though I do love a good mystery and I'm a bit of a book dabbler overall. I've been doing Goodreads for awhile, but a friend thought I might enjoy this as well. Let's see, yeah?
This is a really short prequel plus some preview chapters for the Testing so there's not a lot to say. However, when combined with the chapters, it shows that the author can build interesting characters and detailed world. I think people who have already read the book will enjoy the deepened background of a character and, for the rest of us, when read as a whole with the chapters, serve as good enticement to read the novel. I bought it immediately after reading this and am excited to see what happens...