Embers of war
Record details
- ISBN: 9781785655203 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
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440 pages ; 18 cm - Edition: First mass market edition.
- Publisher: London : Titan Books, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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Subject: | Warships -- Fiction Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction Atonement -- Fiction Genocide -- Fiction Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction |
Genre: | Science fiction. |
Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Smithers Public Library | FPB POW (Text) | 35101011028805 | Paperback racks -- Science Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2018 February #2
Sentient spaceships have recently seen a great deal of attention, thanks to Ann Leckie's Ancillary novels (Ancillary Justice, 2013). British Science Fiction Association Award winner Powell weighs in with Trouble Dog, a Carnivore-class battle cruiser trying to atone for her part in a devastating massacre that ended the Archipelago War. She and her scant surviving crew have joined the House of Reclamation, a unit dedicated to rescuing starships in distress. On a mission in a disputed system, an encounter with former Archipelago War colleagues is made more dangerous by the fact that she is now stripped of her former life's allotment of weaponry and beyond the reach of normal rules of engagement. Written in multiple first-person narratives, Embers of War follows Trouble Dog; her captain, Sal Konstanz, and her nonhuman engineer, Nod; intelligence-agent Ashton Childe; and a woman in desperate need of rescue, Ona Sudak. With a definite vibe from the Firefly television series, this first in a planned trilogy will appeal to fans of Leckie, Iain Banks, and Anne McCaffrey. Copyright 2018 Booklist Reviews. - LJ Express Reviews : LJ Express Reviews
Trouble Dog is a sentient warship who has resigned her position and joined an unarmed nonpartisan rescue fleet. She and her small crew are each working through their own private emotional fallout from a recent bloody war and the atrocities they witnessed or committed. They receive a distress call while they are escaping from a disastrous rescue mission that had cost the life of one of their crew. A cruise liner is under attack in a distant star system. There are 900-plus people aboard, and Trouble Dog is the closest vessel. Will they get there in time? Will there be survivors to rescue? Meanwhile, Ona Sudak, a well-known poet aboard the liner, is dealing with memories of her own. She may not be whom she appears to be. But who is she? Verdict Powell, author of the 2013 BSFA Awardâwinning Ack-Ack Macaque, launches the first volume in a new trilogy that will appeal to military sf fans, especially those who seek a little mystery in space. Like most titles in this genre, there is some subtle social commentary, but it doesn't interfere with the story. If you enjoy James A. Corey or Vernor Vinge, you will want to read this.âElizabeth Masterson, Mecklenburg Cty. Jail Lib., Charlotte, NC (c) Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. - PW Annex Reviews : Publishers Weekly Annex Reviews
Powell (the Ack-Ack Macaque trilogy) delivers an emotionally wrenching take on life in a war-torn far future. Sal Konstanz captained a medical vessel in the wake of the bombing that destroyed a sentient jungle, ending an interstellar war. In the aftermath, she joins the House of Reclamation, a neutral humanitarian group, as she tries to recover from witnessing the horrors of war. As they go about their rescue work, it's clear that she and her small crewâand even
Copyright 2018 Publishers Weekly Annex.Trouble Dog , their sentient shipâsuffer from severe trauma. Nevertheless, they display courage and resilience when they stumble into covert operations that threaten to reignite the war and must find a way to stop the conspirators. Though the story is a little ponderous at first, the pace picks up as the threads begin to come together, leading to an explosive finale with strong series potential.Agent: Alexander Cochran, C+W (U.K.). (Feb.)