Well, Regan just barely beat me to the punch on this review, so instead of reinventing the wheel with this post, I'll just direct you to hers. It's science fiction with cameos by Universal Studios monsters, and while that's weird as heck, it's also a bunch of fun. Yeah, it took a while to come together, but yes, still fun.
Mentally alive for hundreds of years on an interstellar generation ship, Dorothy Gentleman is shocked when her consciousness is unexpectedly thrown into a new body during a solar storm affecting the space ship, just as another passenger is found murdered. Given that most people were hunkering down during the storm, it's quite possible that Dorothy's new body belongs to the murderer, and as one of the ship's detectives, Dorothy's now in the tough spot of trying to investigate while wearing the body of a prime suspect.
This is a very short and creative science fiction murder mystery, and my main complaint with it is that I wish it was longer. The complex storage and body-hopping of passengers' minds really needs much more than this slim book was able to offer, especially with the amount of financial crime and murder that's also detailed. Fun, but a bit too short.
Hell YES, Andy Weir is back! Author of The Martian returns with his third book after a middling second book and all I can do is say Hail Mary! This book is great. Our protagonist wakes up on a space ship on his way to save the world. He can't remember much after being in a coma for several years of travel, unfortunately his fellow crew members did not survive. Out there by himself, he is trying to find a solution to the problem of our sun being eaten. In so many ways, the next sentences could be a spoiler. Instead, I will tell you that there is a lot of fairly plausible science and a heart warming friendship in this story told in present day with flash backs to how we got there. Fascinating stuff!
In this complex story, Elliott begins her retelling of the military campaigns of Alexander the Great, but with a woman named Sun standing in for the young ruler. She's young and underestimated by her mother, Eirene, queen-marshal of Chaonia, but eager to prove herself against their foes, the four-armed Yele. But Sun is unsure of who she can trust, even among her Companions and particularly her newest Companion, Persephone Lee, whose family is known for its duplicity. Full of intrigue and maneuvering both on and off the battlefield, this is a captivating story for those who enjoy military science fiction.
