The Relentless Moon

A Lady Astronaut Novel

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eBook, 384 pages

English language

Published July 13, 2020 by Tom Doherty Associates.

ISBN:
978-1-250-23696-8
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5 stars (7 reviews)

The Earth is coming to the boiling point as the climate disaster of the Meteor strike becomes more and more clear, but the political situation is already overheated. Riots and sabotage plague the space program. The IAC’s goal of getting as many people as possible off Earth before it becomes uninhabitable is being threatened.

Elma York is on her way to Mars, but the Moon colony is still being established. Her friend and fellow Lady Astronaut Nicole Wargin is thrilled to be one of those pioneer settlers, using her considerable flight and political skills to keep the program on track. But she is less happy that her husband, the Governor of Kansas, is considering a run for President.

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reviewed The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Other Lady Astronaut

5 stars

At first I was surprised that it was Elma's voice I was reading. But in the end this writer is just wonderful and I found Nicole Wargin a wonderful character to explore.

Like Elma there are secrets to this character that I will not explore. I will say that the time period of the third book takes place at the same time of the second book. You don't need to read book 2 but there is a spoiler in this book if you hadn't read it.

All the characters were great and the Mary Robinette Kowal never shies from either the misogyny nor the racism prevalent for the time period of this book. Nothing is shocking but it's beautifully written and very much a part of 1960s.

I do hope that if Kowal continues the Lady Astronaut series she adds some LGBTQ characters.

reviewed The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal

Review of 'The Relentless Moon' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

This was my least favorite of the three Lady Astronaut books. This is the first one where it's not from Elma's PoV but instead Nicole Wargin, wife to a powerful politician and a lady astronaut. While Elma travels to Mars, Nicole is on the Moon and deals with the backlash of the dangerous Earth First terrorist group that already tried to sabotage the Mars mission.

Most of the book is spent trying to find out who Icarus are, Earth First terrorists who are on the Moon. It hit a bit close to home, because unvaccinated people are bringing polio to the moon, there's quarantine while the moon settlers wait for vaccine from Earth.

Most of my issues with the book are that I really couldn't connect with Nicole at all. Elma struggled with anxiety, Nicole with anorexia, and as a perpetually overweight person with anxiety anorexia is very hard to …

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