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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini

June 16, 2021reviews, science fictionLeave a Comment

Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds. Now she's awakened a nightmare. During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope...

The Original by Brandon Sanderson & Mary Robinette Kowal

October 28, 2020reviews, science fiction2 Comments

Holly wakes up in hospital room and is told that she is a replica of herself with the sole task of hunting down the real Holly for murdering her husband.

Record of a Spaceborn Few (The Wayfarers #3) by Becky Chambers

September 13, 2020September 12, 2020reviews, science fiction1 Comment

Generations after the Exodan fleet left Earth, it has found it's destination. A cast of characters questions what it means when a ship has found it's destination and the purpose of tradition.

A Closed and Common Orbit (The Wayfarers #2) by Becky Chambers

July 7, 2020reviews, science fiction2 Comments

Lovelace was supposed to be a ship's AI system, but after being inserted into a body of her own, she has to figure out what that means for her. Twenty years in the past, Jane 23 is working in a factory, the only home she's ever known.

Starsight (Skyward #2) by Brandon Sanderson

January 12, 2020January 8, 2020reviews, science fiction2 Comments

Six months after saving her people from destruction, Spensa is a pilot in the Defiant Defense Force. She is trying to fight back even harder at the Krell, humankind's alien jailers, when she finds a way to gain an enormous amount of technology and knowledge from their enemy.

The Toll (Arc of a Scythe #3) by Neal Shusterman

December 11, 2019reviews, science fiction6 Comments

Citra and Rowan have sunk to the bottom of the ocean, along with the rest of Endura. Now, Goddard is in control of a better part of the world and is changing scythes rules on gleaning so they are more relaxed. The Thunderhead has deemed all of humanity unsavory, except for Greyson, who has become an icon for the Tonists.

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfairers #1) by Becky Chambers

November 7, 2019November 6, 2019reviews, science fiction3 Comments

Synopsis: After paying her entire savings to change her identity, Rosemary joins the Wayfairer, a ship that tunnels through space. She joins the crew, which is made up of humans, aliens, and an AI. They take a job that will take them one year to travel to.

How We Became Wicked by Alexander Yates

October 14, 2019November 11, 2019reviews, science fiction6 Comments

Synopsis: After the world becomes infested with the singers, there are three kinds of people: the wicked, the true, and the vexed. The wicked have been infected by the wickedness spread by the singers and are out to kill. The true are people who haven't yet been infected. The vexed are a small group of people who are immune to the singers and the wickedness after getting bitten as a newborn.

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

August 12, 2019August 12, 2019reviews, science fiction2 Comments

opsis: After the girls of Raxter Island were infected with the Tox, they were put under quarantine. It has been 18 months since they have been surviving, not breaking the quarantine, and waiting for a cure. This story follows three friends - Hetty, Reese, and Byatt as things intensify on the island.

The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

July 2, 2019reviews, science fiction2 Comments

Synopsis: After an illegal mining planet gets attacked by a rival company, the survivors must try to run from the ships chasing them through space so they can tell the universe about the injustices of the attack.