robot_halfing 's review for:

The Vela: The Complete Season 1 by Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, Yoon Ha Lee, S.L. Huang
4.0

One storyline. Four writers.

-Yoon Ha Lee: Ninefox Gambit
-Becky Chambers: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
-SL Huang: Burning Roses
-Rivers Solomon: The Deep

The main character Asala escapes her home planet and the destitute conditions of the refugee camps. She works for her "saviors", the people who took her in and trained her to be a deadly agent. However, these are the same people responsible for the slow, cold death of her home planet.

This books contains strong commentary on the ill treatment and handling of refugees. The inner planets publicly states how awful they feel on behalf of the outer-rim's refugees, but none of the planets want to open their doors to help them. Us versus Them mentality.

Queer friendly. Space Opera. Strong female leads. High action sci-fi adventure.


Thank you to Netgalley and Serial Box Publishing for providing me an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.