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thestainlesssteelrat 's review for:
Far from the Light of Heaven
by Tade Thompson
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A wonderful mystery of how a colony ship is hijacked and passengers murdered all whilst under the sole control of the AI captain.
The ship launches from Earth travels via gates to Lagos Station before eventually arriving at an established colony planet called Bloodroot.
The crew is essentially the ship itself Ragtime an embedded AI. There is a human crew member who like all passengers travels in stasis, but she is really just there as back up and eventual handover of the passengers.
So how does the back up react when she is thrust into chaos of the Ragtime seemingly offline and 30 odd passengers brutally butchered to death and a wolf roaming the ship.
Although at her destination the ship has to be quarantined and the culprit must be caught, before the colonists can be handed over.
This is such a well told story filled with fully realised characters. There are themes of psychological welfare, separation, belonging, capitalist critique and spirituality inter woven into this locked room mystery in space.
Highly recommend this wonderful standalone novel.
The ship launches from Earth travels via gates to Lagos Station before eventually arriving at an established colony planet called Bloodroot.
The crew is essentially the ship itself Ragtime an embedded AI. There is a human crew member who like all passengers travels in stasis, but she is really just there as back up and eventual handover of the passengers.
So how does the back up react when she is thrust into chaos of the Ragtime seemingly offline and 30 odd passengers brutally butchered to death and a wolf roaming the ship.
Although at her destination the ship has to be quarantined and the culprit must be caught, before the colonists can be handed over.
This is such a well told story filled with fully realised characters. There are themes of psychological welfare, separation, belonging, capitalist critique and spirituality inter woven into this locked room mystery in space.
Highly recommend this wonderful standalone novel.