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Review: Darkship Thieves
Feb. 3rd, 2010 10:09 amOver the weekend, while surveying the wreckage of my being-remodeled house, I read Sarah Hoyt's new novel DarkShip Thieves
. I found it very enjoyable.
Darkship Thieves is set several hundred years into the future, and stars as protagonist and narrator Athena Hera Sinistra, the daughter of a Good Man, a member of the ruling class of Earth. Athena is not a nice person, which takes a bit to become apparent, although at the same time she's fleeing for her life almost from page one. Hoyt's future Earth is not a nice place to live, with rule by hereditary Good Men, and ravaged by a series of past wars, including one with genetically-enhanced humans.
Hoyt is a big fan of Robert A. Heinlein, as evidenced by her naming her first-born son "Robert Anson," and her book reads like a Heinlein romp. Athena as a character shows great growth, and the world-building is first rate. I really enjoyed Darkship Thieves and hope to see more science fiction from Hoyt.
. I found it very enjoyable.Darkship Thieves is set several hundred years into the future, and stars as protagonist and narrator Athena Hera Sinistra, the daughter of a Good Man, a member of the ruling class of Earth. Athena is not a nice person, which takes a bit to become apparent, although at the same time she's fleeing for her life almost from page one. Hoyt's future Earth is not a nice place to live, with rule by hereditary Good Men, and ravaged by a series of past wars, including one with genetically-enhanced humans.
Hoyt is a big fan of Robert A. Heinlein, as evidenced by her naming her first-born son "Robert Anson," and her book reads like a Heinlein romp. Athena as a character shows great growth, and the world-building is first rate. I really enjoyed Darkship Thieves and hope to see more science fiction from Hoyt.
