![]() I also loved how there are four types of gravity: hard, easy, wicked and lovely. Throughout the novel people see the real world in primary sight and have overlays in secondary and sometimes even tertiary sight, and it sounds pretty awesome. One of the coolest technologies is the synesthetic implant that everyone receives as standard, and which allows data to be viewed through the other senses a human possesses. ![]() ![]() This is hard science-fiction (as opposed to the science fantasy from authors such as Jack Vance), with space travel at percentage-of-lightspeed, advanced technologies that sound scientific and plausible, and a suitably advanced culture that is completely believable. It opens with a thrilling space battle with a completely unexpected twist, and had me completely hooked from the get-go. Review: Some books take a while to really get going, and some books throw you into the action from page one. Separated by light years, bound by an unlikely love, Zai and pacifist senator Nara Oxham face the Rix and hold the fate of the empire. The forever young co-ruler has been taken hostage by Rix, machine-augmented humans who worship AI compound minds – cool relentless fanatics bent on domination. ![]() Description: Captain Laurent Zai of Imperial Frigate Lynx must rescue the Child Empress, sister of the immortal Emperor worshiped by 80 human worlds for 1600 years. ![]()
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