This is book one of a three book series (the third book came out earlier this month), and since I've already had good reviews of two other books by this author, I decided to pick up this series as well to see what she had done outside of the Star Wars universe. Book cover Through a ring of stabilized wormholes, large enough for whole ships to pass through, Earth expanded to five other planets....
Book cover This is book 2 of the Mortal Engines Quartet. For convenience, here is a link to my review of book 1, Mortal Engines, which I posted a month ago. I'm going to start this review with a note about a changed name. The books were originally released in the UK with a character named Shrike. For the initial US release of the books, that character was renamed to Grike....
Book cover Over a thousand years before the book's present, there was a war that effectively destroyed all of society. Picking up the pieces of the technology that was left behind, London was put onto treads, run by steam, so that it find and consume other towns for resources and, ultimately, more fuel to keep moving. Over time, other towns and cities did the same, while another group, called the Anti-Traction League, created a defensive wall across the only pass in a mountain range to keep these traction cities at bay on the other side....
Book cover I have a fairly particular view of science-fiction and how it is different from fantasy. The fantastic element in science fiction is usually both a catalyst for the story itself as well as a way to explore the reactionary side of society. Where in fantasy, the fantastic element is simply present. Used as a tool, maybe even explored in depth, but isn't the main goal....