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Residuum: the third in the action-packed space opera The Long Game: The Long Game

Autor Dominic Dulley
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 feb 2021

Descoperim în Residuum un exemplu clasic și vibrant de space opera, care respectă canoanele genului prin mize galactice, dar le subversează prin natura profund umană și adesea haotică a protagonistei sale. Dominic Dulley continuă construcția unui univers vast în acest al treilea volum al seriei The Long Game, unde tehnologia rasei dispărute „The Departed” și politica Ascendenței se ciocnesc într-un ritm amețitor. Notăm cu interes cum autorul reușește să mențină echilibrul între umorul situațional și gravitatea unei amenințări apocaliptice: o plagă străveche ce devorează planete.

Sistemul tehnologic este definit de prezența navei inteligente Dainty Jane și de misterele arheologiei stelare. Imaginați-vă tensiunea din Inhibitor Phase, mutată într-un decor de cazinouri intergalactice și revolte muncitorești pe planeta de vacanță Halcyon. Dacă în Shattermoon am cunoscut o Orry Kent care era o simplă escroacă pe fugă, iar în Morhelion am văzut-o implicată în spionaj imperial, aici personajul atinge maturitatea necesară pentru a gestiona o criză de proporții cosmice. Considerăm că forța acestui volum rezidă în dinamica de grup; Orry trebuie să colaboreze cu cel mai mare inamic al său, Cordelia Roag, transformând narațiunea într-o cursă contra cronometru unde încrederea este la fel de rară ca resursele de supraviețuire. Stilul lui Dominic Dulley rămâne fidel spiritului de aventură „big-screen”, oferind o lectură densă în evenimente, dar ușor de parcurs datorită dialogului spumos și a perspectivei unei eroine care preferă oricând o viață liniștită în locul salvării universului.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781529410747
ISBN-10: 1529410746
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Quercus Books
Colecția Arcadia
Seria The Long Game

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Residuum este recomandarea noastră pentru fanii genului science fiction care caută un echilibru între aventură și world-building complex. Cititorul câștigă o experiență cinematică, explorând misterele unei rase extraterestre de mult apuse, totul prin ochii unei protagoniste carismatice. Este volumul care ridică miza întregii serii The Long Game, oferind o rezolvare spectaculoasă tensiunilor acumulate anterior.


Descriere

A planet-eating plague. A hustler-turned-hero. Time is running out . . .

Orry Kent just wants a quiet life - but even a little R&R on the holiday planet of Halcyon turns wild when she accidentally sparks off a revolution amongst the downtrodden native workers.

But that's small beer compared with the news footage being broadcast across the Ascendancy, showing Orry murdering the man she saved just six months earlier and destroying the Halstaad-Mirnov Institute, the heart of research into the aeons-dead alien race called The Departed.

'Dulley has made an amazing universe and I can't wait to explore more of it' Words of a Paige

With her brother Ethan, the irascible spacedog Captain Mender and his intelligent spaceship Dainty Jane, not to mention the Kadiran exile Quondam, she sets off to prove her innocence. It's just a shame that means teaming up with the woman she loathes more than anyone else in any universe: the space pirate and criminal mastermind Cordelia Roag.

'Big-screen space opera at its most entertaining; Orry Kent makes for an engaging and savvy protagonist' Gavin Smith, author of The Bastard Legion

For it's not just Orry's freedom at stake now: a long-dormant planet-eating plague has been triggered and there's only one thing that can stop it.

The race is on . . .

Recenzii

I can't wait for more!
Intensely enjoyable, pretty much action-filled and always very readable
An action-packed space adventure . . . it kept me hooked
So vibrant and alive . . . "Oooh" factor: top marks!
Hooks in the reader from the first . . . The style and content are very reminiscent of Heinlein and Blish . . . there is much to enjoy in the witty banter between Orry and Mender, well, Orry and pretty much everyone else
A satisfyingly convoluted plot that sorts out a lot of loose ends but leaves more things lined up for a further book. It's a great read for fans of space opera and criminal capers
A page-turner that's at its best when serving up lurid images and fast-paced action . . . imaginative world-building . . . Orry remains an engaging protagonist . . . a lively sci-fi romp
A book to breeze through with relish . . . For those in need of a gallivant through the stars with a bunch of mismatched chancers, Shattermoon should be at the top of your list
Shattermoon is such a refreshing read. This is epic space opera that has a 1950s cinema serial quality to it, peopled by characters you give a damn about, worlds that feel as real as your daily commute (but obviously far more exotic and yet grounded) and a story that is so engrossing that reaching the end of it is akin to feeling like someone has unceremoniously slammed on the brakes and stopped a runaway tale that you could have happily stayed involved in forever
A great space-adventure entertainment. There's genuinely not a slow patch in the book and plenty to keep you reading it right through!
Shattermoon is a non-stop, action-packed space opera that's full of entertainment and all of the classic ingredients of adventure you might want. On the surface it's a regular mix of bandits, smugglers and imperial navy ships with a sassy heroine, but it quickly takes on a character and charm of its own.
The book is quite a ride and certainly isn't boring! If you are a fan of action-packed Space Operas with kickass female heroines then I have to say that this book will definitely be your thing and you should check it out!
I was hooked by this space adventure! An action-packed space adventure, Dominic's debut is a blast!
This is pure, unadulterated entertainment

The writing is also, as in the previous books, smart and on-point and the characters, with whom we're now pretty familiar, engaging and fun to be with
A thrilling science-fiction space adventure, never letting up for a moment, but racing from one exciting nail-biting event to the next