Allen Stroud

AD 2118. Humanity has colonised the Moon, Mars, Ceres and Europa. Captain Ellisa Shann commands Kidhr, a search and rescue ship with a crew of twenty-five, tasked to assist the vast commercial freighters that supply the different solar system colonies. Shann has no legs and has taken to life in zero-g partly as a result. She is a talented tactician who has a tendency to take too much on her own shoulders. Now, while on a regular six-month patrol through the solar system, Kidhr picks up a distress call from the freighter Hercules... FLAME TREE PRESSis the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

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What seems like a simple rescue mission to a distress call, it becomes something much bigger then Captain Shann could ever imagine. There is murder, an unknown enemy, a lot of questions and barely any answers.

It’s a hard sci-fi story filled with all the technology, science, and details the genre requires while having loads of action to leave you up all night turning page after page. The book is told in three different perspectives, showing different approaches, motivations, troubles, and conflict each of the characters go through.

One of the things that I enjoyed a lot was the connection to our Earth, the version of it that we know. And while the book is set 100 years in the future and humans are colonizing the solar system, there are a few references to our time making the story closer to home, more recognizable.

Another high note was how Captain Shann’s disability isn’t a pity card or a defined characteristic of the character. Her disability is something that she has, not something that she is. And while she expresses her difficulties in the past and the present, and even the barriers that she needs to overcome because of her disability, it’s not the focal point of the story or the character. I enjoyed how badass she was portrait while still not having both legs.

Bottom line, there are still some loose ends and plot points that could be explored even further in a possible sequel. *fingers crossed* Although I must say that this book works as a standalone since it has an end to the mystery, it would just be a shame to stop there. *winky face emoji*

I received an e-ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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