3.5
The Vela: A Novel
By Yoon Ha Lee & Becky ChambersPublisher Description
In the fading light of a dying star, a soldier for hire searches for a missing refugee ship and uncovers a universe-shattering secret.
Orphan, refugee, and soldier-for-hire Asala Sikou doesn't think too much about the end of civilization. Her system's star is dying, and the only person she can afford to look out for is herself.
When a ship called The Vela vanishes during what was supposed to be a flashy rescue mission, a reluctant Asala is hired to team up with Niko, the child of a wealthy inner planet's president, to find it and the outer system refugees on board.
But this is no ordinary rescue mission; The Vela holds a secret that places the fate of the universe in the balance, and forces Asala to decide?Çöin a dying world where good and evil are far from black and white, who deserves to survive?
From award-winning science fiction authors Becky Chambers (The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, A Closed and Common Orbit, and Record of a Spaceborn Few), Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit, Raven Stratagem, Revenant Gun, Dragon Pearl), Rivers Solomon (An Unkindness of Ghosts), SL Huang (Zero Sum Game.)
Don't miss the sequel to the Vela, coming in 2020 from Serial Box (serialbox.com)
Orphan, refugee, and soldier-for-hire Asala Sikou doesn't think too much about the end of civilization. Her system's star is dying, and the only person she can afford to look out for is herself.
When a ship called The Vela vanishes during what was supposed to be a flashy rescue mission, a reluctant Asala is hired to team up with Niko, the child of a wealthy inner planet's president, to find it and the outer system refugees on board.
But this is no ordinary rescue mission; The Vela holds a secret that places the fate of the universe in the balance, and forces Asala to decide?Çöin a dying world where good and evil are far from black and white, who deserves to survive?
From award-winning science fiction authors Becky Chambers (The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, A Closed and Common Orbit, and Record of a Spaceborn Few), Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit, Raven Stratagem, Revenant Gun, Dragon Pearl), Rivers Solomon (An Unkindness of Ghosts), SL Huang (Zero Sum Game.)
Don't miss the sequel to the Vela, coming in 2020 from Serial Box (serialbox.com)
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“This is the kind of book I finished wishing I liked it more. Because objectively, it's a successful collaboration project and a great story, with an awesome podcast production narrated by Robin Miles. But sadly it didn't pull me in the way I had hope. I'm not sure if it was the authors all merging their writing styles and eliminating their unique voices or the episodic nature, but I always felt a bit removed from the story and the pacing didn't quite work for me. Still, I think this is one of those cases where it's more me than the book, and I would definitely recommend a listen! I think I'll move into the second season when I'm ready to just sit back and enjoy.
Despite my tinge of disappointment, The Vela was an entertaining read. A doomed solar system who have drawn too much from their sun; outer planets already dead and inner planets pushing back the refugees in hopes of buying more time. A varied cast of characters, all vying for some sort of security and with different loyalties - people they're trying to protect. Our two main characters, Asala the jaded mercenary and Nico the young hacker filled with hope, bounce off each other well, with plenty of opportunity for banter. Despite all the pieces in play and the way they fell together over the course of the season, it never got too confusing, and indeed felt a bit inelaborate compared to other space operas I've read, which is probably a good thing considering the nature in which it's told. That doesn't mean though that there weren't surprises along the way.”
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