Genre: Sci-Fi
LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Intersex, Non-Binary, Poly
Reviewer: Rari
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About The Book
Dalí Tamareia has the terrorist Skadi in their sights – but bringing her in may cost them everything.
Dalí’s role as an undercover operative is compromised, putting a target on their back and threatening the close-knit team aboard Thunder Child. A new lead on Miriam Skadi’s activities forces them back to Luna, where they must confront everything they tried to run from…including their changed relationship with Rion Sumner, who insists on backing up Dalí for this investigation.
But Dalí is not the only one searching for Skadi. An alien presence hunts the terrorist as well, taking over Sumner’s body to ensure Dalí’s cooperation. With their team on the other side of the solar system Dalí must depend on this questionable ally to complete the mission, which takes a deadly turn when an old nemesis resurfaces.
If there is any chance for a future with Sumner and their chosen family, Dalí must exorcise the demons haunting them, or they will burn in the heart of a star.
The Review
The final book of the series, this one has Dalí and the team of the Penumbra trying to chase down the drug runners of the Pilean Cartel in Sol Fed. Things go sideways when Dalí is identified as a Penumbra agent by a Pilean, and Sumner is relieved of his command following the fuck up with Alecto Sim. Dalí gets a message from Kiran Singh about a possible connection to Miriam Skadi, but for that, they will have to go back to Luna – where Dalí’s family was killed.
Dalí and Sumner go to Luna while the rest of the team arranges to extradite the Pliean assassin. On Luna, Dalí meets Mother England, the smuggler millionaire who is the money and face of The Third Front, the movement for Third Gender rights. Dalí reconnects with Dru, who they rescued in the first book and who is now Mother England’s PR person. Mother England has evidence against Skadi and a possible location where they will be. But in return for this information, they demand immunity.
When Dalí and Sumner reach the rendezvous, they find a dead Kiran Singh, and not a moment later, Homeland Security Forces show up. As they investigate, they realise that the conspiracy goes well beyond Miriam Skadi and the Luna terminal bombing, since Skadi has managed to smuggle a highly advanced AI into Sol Fed. However, there is another AI that is sentient and hell bent on finding the kidnapped ones, and it decides to jack Sumner’s body for a ride.
Another edge-of-your-seat thriller, full of revelations and truths with have cosmic implications. Once again, Dalí has to try and save the day, running against the clock on a broken ship that’s literally heading to the sun.
A fun conclusion to the series, but there are still a few questions remaining, so I hope that the story will be continued at some point. Action-packed sci fi with queer characters, alien civilisations and cultures, spaceships, and moral quandaries. You will love this book.
The Reviewer
Rari is an author and editor writing under the name of Niranjan K. She is an avid reader of all things fantasy, and loves to discourse at length about her favourite books as well as shows. This blog is the space where she will be sharing her views and insights of the books, shows and movies that she likes.
