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3.0
Bedford, Jacey. Crossways. Psi Tech No. 2. Daw, 2016.
Crossways is a rather routine space opera. Our heroes—an agent with enhanced Psi powers and her Jump ship pilot—fight ruthless corporate powers to rescue colonists abandoned in fold space. On the plus side, the book as a lot of action and espionage drama, but I have seen all these elements done better other places. For example, consider the void dragons. These are boojums we meet in fold space that may be real or may be figments from our subconscious. If you want to see this done much better, read Cordwainer Smith’s “The Game of Rat and Dragon.”
Crossways is a rather routine space opera. Our heroes—an agent with enhanced Psi powers and her Jump ship pilot—fight ruthless corporate powers to rescue colonists abandoned in fold space. On the plus side, the book as a lot of action and espionage drama, but I have seen all these elements done better other places. For example, consider the void dragons. These are boojums we meet in fold space that may be real or may be figments from our subconscious. If you want to see this done much better, read Cordwainer Smith’s “The Game of Rat and Dragon.”
duchess's review
3.0
3.5 rating. A great sequel to Empire of Dust! Less of the repetition issues from the first book, but the writing could still improve. There are more POV shifts between more characters in this book, & a couple times they didn't transition cleanly but overall were fine. I thought it was interesting that there was less of a focus on Cara, but it made sense due to the sheer number of plot points that were being addressed at once. I think this would've been better off split into two books?
STILL super fun, fast-paced, action packed & topped off with a huge battle at the end! I request nothing less to fulfill my space opera requirements. :D
STILL super fun, fast-paced, action packed & topped off with a huge battle at the end! I request nothing less to fulfill my space opera requirements. :D
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