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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
In 14 Hours of Saturn by Mike J. Kizman, Saturn Syres arrives in Oakfield at twenty-four to begin work at All Ways Advertising, determined to move beyond the voice roles that defined her early career and claim a place shaping campaigns of her own. Living alone for the first time, she balances a new job in billboard design with a lifelong devotion to building intricate craft stick structures that trace back to her childhood in Hohman, Indiana. Memories of family rivalry, first romances, campus parties, church departures, and hard-won returns to faith influence her present as she decides who she intends to become. When a chance meeting with Janus Rings links her professional ambitions with her personal life, Saturn must determine how her past will inform the future she is now constructing.
Mike J. Kizman’s 14 Hours of Saturn is a gentle, searching work of Christian literary fiction set on a single rain-soaked Saturday that reshapes a young woman’s understanding of herself and her faith. Saturn and her kitty, Muffin, are in a storm beyond what's rattling the windows in the apartment. Kizman gives Saturn a voice that is wry, observant, and quietly defiant, whether she is stirring black coffee to outwit Venus or showing repentance spoken directly to God. The Christian elements are not ambiguous, and Kizman shows us outright which Scripture aligns, or doesn't align, with Saturn's choices. Faith is not a decoration in the story; it is an active participant even when Saturn is not. The writing is simple and straightforward, with well-executed settings that range from a partially underground apartment just above the grass line to the glow of a backyard telescope. Readers who appreciate character-driven Christian fiction grounded in ordinary spaces will enjoy Kizman's work, as much as I have. Very highly recommended.
