Try - a -chapter #4

Och jag har ännu inte kommit igenom alla nyköpta böcker, så jag väljer att göra mer try - a -chapter med dem, så här nästa fem böcker från min att läsa bokhylla. Det blev igen svårt att säga vilka jag tyckte bättre om än andra

An imaginative new space opera filled with sapphic romance, space pirates, a blind witch and powerful priestesses

Korinna has simple stay on the Navitas , stay out of trouble, and stay alive. She may be a Redseer, a blind priestess with the power to manipulate space-time, but she is the weakest in her Order. Useless and outcast. Or so she has been raised to believe.

As she takes her place as a navigator on an Imperium ship, Korinna’s full destiny is revealed to blood brimming with magic, she is meant to become a weapon of the Imperium, and pawn for the Order that raised her. But when the ship is attacked by the notorious pirate Aster Haran, Korinna’s world is ripped apart.

Aster has a vendetta against the Imperium, and an all-consuming, dark power that drives her to destroy everything in her path. She understands the world in a way Korinna has never imagined, and Korinna is drawn to her against her better judgment.

With the Imperium and the justice-seeking warrior Sahar hot on her heels, Korinna must choose her side, seize her power and fulfil her destiny--or risk imperiling the future of the galaxy, and destroying the fabric of space-time itself.

Jag läste 16 sidor av 400.

Inget specifikt utstickande men kul med en blind kvinnlig hjälte som hela tiden trott att hon är mindre begåvad än andra men visar sig vara motsatsen, om jag förstår bokens handling rätt.

Plus för kvinnlig pirat? Och en mystisk kvinna och ett mystiskt rum fyllt med farliga böcker. Detta första kapitlet gör att jag tror att jag skulle ge boken en 3a i betyg. (Goodreadsbetyg 3,48)

It was not his war. On the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best reasons, Hadrian Marlowe started down a path that could only end in fire. The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky.

They remember him as a monster: the devil who destroyed a sun, casually annihilating four billion human lives—even the Emperor himself—against Imperial orders.

But Hadrian was not a hero. He was not a monster. He was not even a soldier.

Jag läste 13 sidor av 612.

Inte något som fick mig intresserad av att läsa efter ett kapitel för inget säger mig vad som är på gång. Egentligen kanske det är för få sidor att få något grepp av boken.

Efter att ha läst lite till ändras egentligen inte min tanke om den. Lite intressant är väl att den äldste prinsen får veta färre saker än den yngre. Och det är något krig?

Som nu skulle jag inte ge boken mer än en 3a eller ännu lägre. (Goodreadsbetyg 4,03)

As first contact transforms the Earth, a group of gifted visionaries race to create a new future in this wondrous science fiction novel from the award-winning author of The Best of All Possible Worlds.

The world is changing, and humanity must change with it. Rising seas and soaring temperatures have radically transformed the face of the Earth. Meanwhile, Earth is being observed from afar by other civilizations ... and now they are ready to make contact.

Vying to prepare humanity for first contact are a group of dreamers and changemakers, including Peter Hendrix, the genius inventor behind the most advanced VR tech; Charyssa, a beloved celebrity icon with a passion for humanitarian work; and Kanoa, a member of a council of young people from around the globe drafted to reimagine the relationship between humankind and alien societies.

And they may have an unexpected secret weapon: Owen, a pop megastar whose ability to connect with his adoring fans is more than charisma. He has a hidden talent that may be the key to uniting Earth as it looks towards the stars.

But Owen's abilities are so unique that no-one can control him, and so seductive that he cannot help but use them. Can he transcend his human limitations and find the freedom he has always dreamed of? Or is he doomed to become the dictator of his nightmares?

Jag läste 18 sidor av 256.

Hmm inte något specifit som får mig att vilja läsa mer, för visst en spännande scen med en biljakt med frågan varför Och vad är det för spion och hemlighetsmakeri gällande Owen.

Ser ut som kanske betyg 4 för den känns mer intressant än vissa av de andra böckerna denna omgång. (Goodreads betyg 2,99)

In Ian McDonald's Luna: New Moon, the scions of a falling house must navigate a world of corporate warfare to maintain their family's status in the Moon's vicious political atmosphere.

The Moon wants to kill you.

Maybe it will kill you when the per diem for your allotted food, water, and air runs out, just before you hit paydirt. Maybe it will kill you when you are trapped between the reigning corporations-the Five Dragons-in a foolish gamble against a futuristic feudal society. On the Moon, you must fight for every inch you want to gain. And that is just what Adriana Corta did.

As the leader of the Moon's newest "dragon," Adriana has wrested control of the Moon's Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie Metal corporation and fought to earn her family's new status. Now, in the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation-Corta Helio-confronted by the many enemies she made during her meteoric rise. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana's five children must defend their mother's empire from her many enemies... and each other.

Jag läste 21 sidor av 416

Många karaktärer och mycket intriger och relationer att hålla reda på. En del berättarprespektiv intressantare än andra, byts rätt ofta i det första kapitlet som jag inte läser hela av för det är så långt. Karaktärregister och ordlista gör det lättare att hålla reda på vad som pågår?

Jag skulle säga betyget 4a av 5. (Goodreads betyg 3.75)

A spectacular space opera debut perfect for readers of Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice and Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire, inspired by the lives and loves of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar.

Princess Altagracia has lost everything. After a bloody civil war, her twin sister has claimed not just the crown of their planet Szayet but the Pearl of its prophecy, a computer that contains the immortal soul of Szayet's god. Stripped of her birthright, Gracia flees the planet—just as Matheus Ceirran, Commander of the interstellar Empire of Ceiao, arrives in deadly pursuit with his volatile lieutenant, Anita. When Gracia and Ceirran's paths collide, Gracia sees an opportunity to win back her planet, her god, and her throne…if she can win the Commander and his right-hand officer over first.

But talking her way into Ceirran’s good graces, and his bed, is only the beginning. Dealing with the most powerful man in the galaxy is almost as dangerous as war, and Gracia is quickly torn between an alliance that fast becomes more than political and the wishes of the god—or machine—that whispers in her ear. For Szayet's sake, and her own, Gracia will need to become more than a princess with a silver tongue. She will have to become a queen as history has never seen before—even if it breaks an empire.

Jag läste 19 sidor av 528.

Intresserad. Det är en hel del som påminner om en fantasy, element som politiskt spel, kungligheter på planeter och rymdskepp. Vad innebär det här spelet/kriget för karaktärerna. Pirater och smuggla prinsessan från hennes familj? Och vad för hemligheter och annat har de här utan för lagen besättningen.

Kan nog tänka mig säga betyet 4 för jag blir intresserad även om jag kanske inte skulle vilja ge det höga betyget efter dessa första sidor. (Goodreads betyg 3.47)

Och den innebördes ordningen då?

1. Luna. New moon
2. The stars undiying
3. The blue, beautiful world
4. Redsight
5. The empire of silence