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hobo5's review
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Passed the time - pleased they did not take an obvious ending. Needed better tension
georgemorrrison's review
2.0
This book is best-suited to a 'young reader' who does not expect much from a novel.
patrick_'s review
3.0
A fun, if at times juvenile, read. More of a techno hacker book than space pirate adventure. How about saying a hacker who considers himself to be a space pirate, hijacking satellites.
snowcrash's review
2.0
I liked the author's first book, _A Darkling Sea_, so picked up his second without much thought. But instead of some deep thinking about energy security and hacking, it is a thin story populated by thinner characters. The book doesn't know if it wants to be a techno thriller, sci-fi, or a simple spy story.
The writing is light, so it was a fast read. The characters all exhibit a single trait and plumb that for the length of the book. The plot twists are minor and the plausibility of characters crossing paths is stretched thin. Descriptions of computer hacking are meant to impress the uninformed.
Even though it is supposed to be 15 years in the future, there isn't much for discussion on potential technology or societal changes. More self-driving electric cars, robots on the moon mining He3, fusion reactors, and everything is through tablets. But the world shock of commercial scale fusion power would be a trilogy on its own. Here, it is relegated to the background, mainly as a reason to describe spacecraft zooming around the L1 point.
The writing is light, so it was a fast read. The characters all exhibit a single trait and plumb that for the length of the book. The plot twists are minor and the plausibility of characters crossing paths is stretched thin. Descriptions of computer hacking are meant to impress the uninformed.
Even though it is supposed to be 15 years in the future, there isn't much for discussion on potential technology or societal changes. More self-driving electric cars, robots on the moon mining He3, fusion reactors, and everything is through tablets. But the world shock of commercial scale fusion power would be a trilogy on its own. Here, it is relegated to the background, mainly as a reason to describe spacecraft zooming around the L1 point.
apattonbooks's review
3.0
A fantastic 'real science' take on how space piracy will look about 15 years from now.
scotchneat's review
3.0
Elizabeth Santiago meets David at MIT and they have a fling. She moves on to a career with the Armed Forces navigating space mining vessels with big payloads. David becomes a space pirate and hacker.
Inevitably, they end up in a space battle and Elizabeth loses. From there, she goes to a private firm to navigate for them, but also, maybe, to get one back on David.
On the next big payload coming from the moon, David is hired to pull off another big heist, but this time he's working with some super shady characters.
Not hard science, but still a fun read if you enjoy future fic space stuff.
Inevitably, they end up in a space battle and Elizabeth loses. From there, she goes to a private firm to navigate for them, but also, maybe, to get one back on David.
On the next big payload coming from the moon, David is hired to pull off another big heist, but this time he's working with some super shady characters.
Not hard science, but still a fun read if you enjoy future fic space stuff.
conalo's review
4.0
My first book read by this author and I was not disappointed. This was a fun near future sci-fi thriller about space piracy of a new energy source being mined on the moon. It was a quick thrill ride that I really enjoyed. Looking forward to reading more by this author.
4 stars for a fun read. Recommended for fans of near future sci-fi novels.
4 stars for a fun read. Recommended for fans of near future sci-fi novels.
jameseckman's review
2.0
Molding Age SF, i.e. poorly conceived characters, techno-babble and an unbelievable plot. Makes me feel like a young man again... I wish!
havocpigeon's review
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
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