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Luna: Wolf Moon

By Ian McDonald
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Publisher Description

A Dragon is dead.

Corta Helio, one of the five family corporations that rule the Moon, has fallen. Its riches are divided up among its many enemies, its survivors scattered. Eighteen months have passed.

The remaining Helio children, Lucasinho and Luna, are under the protection of the powerful Asamoahs, while Robson, still reeling from witnessing his parent’s violent deaths, is now a ward—virtually a hostage—of Mackenzie Metals. And the last appointed heir, Lucas, has vanished off the surface of the moon.

Only Lady Sun, dowager of Taiyang, suspects that Lucas Corta is not dead, and more to the point—that he is still a major player in the game. After all, Lucas always was the schemer, and even in death, he would go to any lengths to take back everything and build a new Corta Helio, more powerful than before. But Corta Helio needs allies, and to find them, the fleeing son undertakes an audacious, impossible journey—to Earth.

In an unstable lunar environment, the shifting loyalties and political machinations of each family reach the zenith of their most fertile plots as outright war erupts.

Luna: Wolf Moon continues Ian McDonald's saga of the Five Dragons.

Luna
1. Luna: New Moon
2. Luna: Wolf Moon
3. Luna: Moon Rising

30 Reviews

3.5
“re-listen to read the rest of the trilogy.”
“Warring dynastic families. Juicy interpersonal drama. Unique libertarian-inspired legal system. Society on the moon. Mild political intrigue. If that sounds fun, this book may be for you I couldn't stop listening to this book down, it was so engaging. The dynastic families of the moon control most of society, there is a sprawling cast of characters. Although it took a bit to learn everyone, it was worth the effort. I would describe this as like Game of Thrones on the moon, but much more soapy. I was genuinely shocked by some of the plot twists and the ending. On the moon, there is no law except contract law. Everything is negotiable, nothing is illegal. This creates a really interesting libertarian society, which McDonald utilizes to the fullest extent possible. He does an excellent job of making the world-building consistent and making it part of the whole story and the character's lives. We also get to see the impacts of this on the limited political system and lunar development corporation that tries to rule the moon. Overall I very much enjoyed the book, my one complaint is that the story sometimes jumped around a lot and it was very jarring. It wasn't clear in the audiobook when we were shifting perspectives. It could've used clear chapter breaks instead of a small number of very long chapters. The writing was enjoyable otherwise 4/5 Stars”

About Ian McDonald

Ian McDonald was born in 1960 in Manchester, England, to an Irish mother and a Scottish father. He moved with his family to Northern Ireland in 1965. He used to live in a house built in the back garden of C. S. Lewis’s childhood home but has since moved to central Belfast, where he now lives, exploring interests like cats, contemplative religion, bonsai, bicycles, and comic-book collecting. He debuted in 1982 with the short story “The Island of the Dead” in the short-lived British magazine Extro. His first novel, Desolation Road, was published in 1988. Other works include King of Morning, Queen of Day (winner of the Philip K. Dick Award), River of Gods, The Dervish House (both of which won British Science Fiction Association Awards), the graphic novel Kling Klang Klatch, and many more. His most recent publications are Planesrunner and Be My Enemy, books one and two of the Everness series for younger readers (though older readers will find them a ball of fun, as well). Ian worked in television development for sixteen years, but is glad to be back to writing fulltime. 

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