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Stars Uncharted
by S.K. Dunstall
Dunstall, S. K. Stars Uncharted. Ace, 2018.
Stars Uncharted is the fourth novel by a pair of Australian sisters who write under one penname. It is a stand-alone space opera, but Dunstall leaves plenty of room for future development in the world built here. The story pits a thrown-together crew of desperate adventurers, each of whom has an interesting back story, against a variety of villainous folks. The two most important characters are a soldier out for revenge against the pirates who destroyed her spaceship and murdered her shipmates and a body modification artist (don’t call her studio a shop!) on the run from gangsters. The body-modification and consciousness transfer technologies are explained well, though it annoyed me that they depend on rare “transuride” catalysts that operate as the McGuffin, the hunt for which motivates much of the action. It seems a lame gimmick. That said, Dunstall is an intriguing new science fiction voice. I plan to read her Linesman trilogy and look forward to future works. 3.5 stars.
Stars Uncharted is the fourth novel by a pair of Australian sisters who write under one penname. It is a stand-alone space opera, but Dunstall leaves plenty of room for future development in the world built here. The story pits a thrown-together crew of desperate adventurers, each of whom has an interesting back story, against a variety of villainous folks. The two most important characters are a soldier out for revenge against the pirates who destroyed her spaceship and murdered her shipmates and a body modification artist (don’t call her studio a shop!) on the run from gangsters. The body-modification and consciousness transfer technologies are explained well, though it annoyed me that they depend on rare “transuride” catalysts that operate as the McGuffin, the hunt for which motivates much of the action. It seems a lame gimmick. That said, Dunstall is an intriguing new science fiction voice. I plan to read her Linesman trilogy and look forward to future works. 3.5 stars.