A space adventure set on a lone ship where the clones of a murdered crew must find their murderer -- before they kill again.
It was not common to awaken in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood.
At least, Maria Arena had never experienced it. She had no memory of how she died. That was also new; before, when she had awakened as a new clone, her first memory was of how she died.
Maria's vat was in the front of six vats, each one holding the clone of a crew member of the starship Dormire, each clone waiting for its previous incarnation to die so it could awaken. And Maria wasn't the only one to die recently...
A space adventure set on a lone ship where the clones of a murdered crew must find their murderer -- before they kill again.
It was not common to awaken in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood.
At least, Maria Arena had never experienced it. She had no memory of how she died. That was also new; before, when she had awakened as a new clone, her first memory was of how she died.
Maria's vat was in the front of six vats, each one holding the clone of a crew member of the starship Dormire, each clone waiting for its previous incarnation to die so it could awaken. And Maria wasn't the only one to die recently...
Really well done whodunit with clones in a spaceship, with the backstories neatly and slowly exposed. My only regret is how some characters didn't get the same amount of backstory or details. But all in all, a really fun read.
Really well done whodunit with clones in a spaceship, with the backstories neatly and slowly exposed. My only regret is how some characters didn't get the same amount of backstory or details. But all in all, a really fun read.
A solid, fun, page-turning sci fi mystery. If you go looking for plot holes and scientific shortcomings you'll undoubtedly find them, but I enjoyed the book enough not to go looking.
A solid, fun, page-turning sci fi mystery. If you go looking for plot holes and scientific shortcomings you'll undoubtedly find them, but I enjoyed the book enough not to go looking.
People wake up and see their dead clones floating all around them, what is not to like? I did enjoy this book. It's a murder mystery that is heavy on the characters and their back stories. It was enjoyable as the book turned into another kind of story but right at the end of it!
I feel like there was more book to be had. Maybe there is a sequel? I haven't checked it out but I will say if you like Sci-Fi, and murder mysteries this should be satisfying. There are some aspects that are telegraphed way early but in the end everything is explained to my satisfaction. But I want an ending to it.
People wake up and see their dead clones floating all around them, what is not to like? I did enjoy this book. It's a murder mystery that is heavy on the characters and their back stories. It was enjoyable as the book turned into another kind of story but right at the end of it!
I feel like there was more book to be had. Maybe there is a sequel? I haven't checked it out but I will say if you like Sci-Fi, and murder mysteries this should be satisfying. There are some aspects that are telegraphed way early but in the end everything is explained to my satisfaction. But I want an ending to it.
A few chapters in and I was feeling a strong sense of not quite deja vu, then it hit me, this book starts out feeling a lot like the beginning of an episode of Dr. Who.
Picture it:
opening scene: a large, generational space ship floats in space, you hear the sound of the TARDIS materializing. Cut to internal scene inside the ship, everything is quite, the grav drive is off, random things float past as the TARDIS fades into view. The Doctor opens the door and he and the companion du jour exit the TARDIS. (I like to picture David Tennant and Catherine Tate) they float about a bit, confused by the seemingly empty ship before finally finding the cloning bay where Maria, the first awake, is pulling herself out of her cloning pod, surrounded by globs of blood and the floating bodies of the crew - including her …
A few chapters in and I was feeling a strong sense of not quite deja vu, then it hit me, this book starts out feeling a lot like the beginning of an episode of Dr. Who.
Picture it:
opening scene: a large, generational space ship floats in space, you hear the sound of the TARDIS materializing. Cut to internal scene inside the ship, everything is quite, the grav drive is off, random things float past as the TARDIS fades into view. The Doctor opens the door and he and the companion du jour exit the TARDIS. (I like to picture David Tennant and Catherine Tate) they float about a bit, confused by the seemingly empty ship before finally finding the cloning bay where Maria, the first awake, is pulling herself out of her cloning pod, surrounded by globs of blood and the floating bodies of the crew - including her own, and no memories of how they got there.
But instead of frenetic acting, a bad latex-costumed monster of the week, and the Doctor there to save everyone, there is this amazing story with spectacular writing: fascinating world building and back stories, tense action, paranoia, political intrigue, hacking (both computer, DNA, and mind), slow revelation of a devious mastermind, stunning plot twists and an amazing and satisfying conclusion. there is still a lot of amazing dialog and wisecracking though, all while floating on a spaceship far from Earth with a partially functioning AI, and all the particular troubles that come with it.
Definitely an awesome book, you should go read it.
