DarkShip Thieves By:Sarah A. Hoyt
Darkship Thieves is a very good science fiction adventure that manages to pack a coming of age plot, a clash of spacefaring cultures plot, and some romance into one book. The main character goes from being a spoiled, almost feral, rich girl to someone who values others and wants to earn her place in the world. The book also explores the consequences, and human reaction to genetic engineering, and the mindset of the enhanced vs the originals.
The only things that threw me in this book are that much of the technology is not adequately explained, and at times the main character is almost too perfect at physical confrontations. The lack of technical explanation is mitigated by the fact that the world this takes place in has regressed technologically from its peak. The people in the story often don't know why something works. In addition the main characters prowess in a physical confrontation is balanced by her temper causing her many issues in the book. Overall this is a very good book and quite fun to read.
Athena Hera Sinestra is a spoiled rich girl, who happens to have enhanced senses and fighting ability. When she is attacked on her fathers spaceship she manages to fight her way to a lifepod and escape into the powertrees where solar energy is concentrated in powerpods that are used to power civilization. Shortly she runs into a mysterious ship that can only be one of the DarkShip Thieves. The DarkShip Thieves are one of her cultures biggest boogeymen, since they are rumored to serve Biolords who escaped from the riots and purges of their great war. But when the operator of the ship saves her multiple times, and takes her home to Eden, the world the BioLord's former servants have made for themselves, when it becomes clear earth space is not savfe for her she realizes many things she was taught were a lie. Over time Athena comes to make a life for herself on Eden and falls in love with her rescuer Kit. When the time comes she marries him and begins to go on Powerpod runs with him. The problem is things on earth are not as they seem, and her father will stop at nothing to get her back. They are ambushed, and captured. Now Athena must rescue her husband and find out why she is so important. What she discovers could overturn the very basis of her society, because it turns out that most of the BioLords never left earth.
This book will appeal to any science fiction space adventure fan, and the romance aspect is prominent enough to bring in that audience as well.
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