This is the third book in an excellent series. Bonesteel has crafted a future that is
exciting and dismaying as it clearly shows the foibles of today are also the
foibles of tomorrow. She also provides
hope with her characterizations.
Elena, former Chief Engineer of Galileo is back as well as
Captain Greg Foster. There is still
romantic tension between the two but the main focus of the story is the
collusion between political and corporate entities. The colony of Yakutsk is the primary setting where two
domed cities are embroiled in petty competitiveness.
Scavengers are depicted as hardy pioneer types while
corporate is shown to be sleazy and corrupt.
Considering the amount of space junk currently in orbit around Earth it
isn’t a stretch to think a couple of hundred years in the future a living could
be made off of all the electronic waste we generate. Look at the tons of plastic floating in our
oceans.
Artificial intelligence is depicted in various degrees of
sophistication. It adds to the flavor
of the book.
This book stands alone okay but I would recommend reading Remnants
of Trust and The
Cold Between for background and for sheer enjoyment.
I highly recommend the book and the series.
Web: elizabethbonesteel.com
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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