December 20, 2017

"Hannah's Heirloom Trilogy" by Rosie Chapel – A Double Life 2000 Years Apart

Hannah's Heirloom Trilogy by Rosie Chapel (Book cover)

The Rosie Chapel History Tour


Time travel is a concept that has been approached from many different angles by countless authors, each one trying to accomplish something specific, to materialize their concrete view of the concept's realization.

While some like to get down into the details, there are others for whom it's really more of a way to transport the reader into an unfamiliar setting while sticking with a familiar type of character, sometimes even being a stand-in for the audience.

December 6, 2017

"Provenance" by Ann Leckie – A Political Coming-of-Age

Provenance by Ann Leckie (book cover)
Ann Leckie has presented us with one of the most unforgettable science-fiction worlds in the Imperial Radch trilogy, and in her new novel Provenance she takes us right back to it, albeit to tell a different story.

This time around, we are following a young woman by the name of Ingray who must rescue her charge from an infamous prison planet, which only proves to be the beginning of her turmoil.

On her home planet, a very real political strife is evolving, pitting human and alien governments against each other... will she be able to navigate the turbulence and find her way?