The ship itself, humanity's struggle to survive in isolation in a metal can careening through space, and the issues of tyranny and freedom in extreme circumstances smack of the better seasons of Battlestar Galactica. Amy's sinister awakening is reminiscent of the creepier moments of Event Horizon or Sunshine. But when Amy comes among them, the regular workings of Godspeed are thrown into disarray. The only people who act 'normal' are the inmates of the mental ward, where Elder lives. The people have given up all control to a governing system of an Eldest and an Elder, the two oldest people of their respective generations on the ship, and go about their lives in a mindless stupor, interrupted only by 'mating season,' the one time in a generation the people go into an animalistic sex craze to create the next generation.
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Everything has changed: the people are monoethnic, there is no free will, and difference has been eliminated. Amy, however, is mysteriously woken up 50 years ahead of schedule, nearly dying in the process.
While the elite colonists sleep, a 'crew' of 2500 settlers will be born, work, and die for 300 years as the ship sails through space. The earth is somehow doomed, so the Financial Resource Exchange (a conglomeration that governs the world in lieu of countries) is sending military and scientific personnel to the new world on a chance that it could be made livable and safe. The premise is solid: Amy is frozen with her parents for the maiden voyage of the Godspeed, a vast spaceship flying across space to reach a new planet, only glimpsed from afar. The tag on the cover hints that the book should be cataloged under 'thriller,' while the cover itself, a boy and a girl a breath away from kissing, suggests YA romance. "What does it take to survive aboard a spaceship fueled by lies?" Sixteen-year-old Kai, a magician's apprentice and former street tough, must travel to the Phoenix Empire, where his friend Princess Lian is studying statecraft, and help her escape so she can return home before her father, the king, dies.Īnd - Just not all there. I would like to know more about the world and the way magic works. I sure knew the villian before any of the characters guessed. Amazon says it's the debut, but it sure reads as if there were an earlier book. Reluctant queen or not, Eugenie has sworn to do her duty-even if it means facing the darkest-and deadliest-side of her nature."-p.
With or without their help, Eugenie must venture deep into the Otherworld and trust in an unpredictable power she can barely control. Her boyfriend Kiyo is preoccupied with his pregnant ex, and sexy fey king Dorian always poses a dangerous distraction. And the men in her life aren't making things any easier. Eugenie has spilled plenty of fey blood in her time, but this enemy is shrewd, subtle, and nursing a very personal grudge. And now young girls are disappearing from the Otherworld, and no one-except Eugenie-seems willing to find out why. It's hardly an enviable life, not with her kingdom in tatters, her love life in chaos, and Eugenie eager to avoid the prophecy about her firstborn destroying mankind. But after her last battle, she's also become queen of the Thorn Land. It's just not as engaging as I think it should be.Įugenie Markham is a shaman for hire, paid to bind and banish creatures from the Otherworld. It's an okay read, but I kept waiting for more plot movement. When I read the first in the series, I kept thinking it was familiar. Add in rumors of a powerful creature gunning for us and it's not just our rep on the line this time-if we don't solve this case, everyone will suffer.įortunately, around here, when the going gets weird, the weird hire us.… But when things start getting weird in the Electric Apple, Private Unaffiliated Paranormal Investigations is stretched to the limits, trying to keep one step ahead and out of trouble. Working two cases-looking into a murder for the NYPD, and a rich man's break-in-should be well within our abilities. Though not everyone in the Cosa Nostradamus is happy we're around, which can make things…tricky. It's dangerous and boring and scary and fascinating. The name's Torres, Bonnie Torres, and I'm a paranormal scene investigator-rooting out the truth about crimes of magic. When magic goes wrong, who are you going to call? I liked the heroine and would like to hear more of her story. I'm pretty sure I've read this before, but it's been long enough so I forgot a lot of it. Tricks of the Trade (Luna Books) by Laura Anne Gilman
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