Shattermoon
the first in action-packed space opera series The Long Game
by Dominic Dulley
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Pub Date Jun 14 2018 | Archive Date Jun 28 2018
Quercus Books | Jo Fletcher Books
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Description
A shattered moon. A secret plan. Last girl standing. Perfect for fans of Peter Hamilton, Alastair Reynolds and Charles Stross.
Orry's father is the best conman in the quadrant, running elaborate heists with Orry and her brother Ethan to target the ruling families of the Ascendancy. This time should be no different: straight in and out with a fortune in spice paragon in hand . . .
. . . until Orry goes off-script and everything falls apart. Less than an hour later the Count of Delf's only grandson is dead and she's on the run, accused of a murder she didn't commit.
Turns out, the pendant Orry stole was crafted by the mysterious civilisation who once lived on the Shattermoon - and a lot of powerful people want it. It doesn't take ruthless space pirate Morven Dyas long to track her down, and he's not the only one on her tail. When she's unexpectedly rescued by loner Jurgen Mender and his spaceship, Dainty Jane, Orry knows there's only one thing to do.
It requires all of her powers of persuasion to get Mender to agree to her plan, especially when even she can see the madness of pitting an inexperienced young grifter, a space-dog long past his best and an obsolete spaceship against the Imperial Fleet, the worst of the space pirates - and the alien Kadiran, who are getting bored with their uneasy truce with humankind . . .
But what other choice does she have?
Advance Praise
‘A riptide of excitement, it totally swept me away!’ - Daniel Godfrey, author of New Pompeii
‘Dominic Dulley's Shattermoon is big screen space opera at its most entertaining. With a welcome hint of an updated Stainless Steel Rat, Orry Kent makes for an engaging and savvy protagonist. A very impressive debut novel!’ - Gavin Smith, author of The Bastard Legion
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781786486035 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 368 |
Featured Reviews
8stitches9lives �, Reviewer
This is an edge-of-your-seat, exciting science fiction adventure that I thoroughly enjoyed. It mixed two of my favourite genres - thrillers and scifi.
I was drawn in almost immediately when I started due to the clever, complex plot, and wonderful characters.
Orry is an admirable heroine and is clever and resourceful, I found myself rooting for her throughout the novel.
We readers tend to complain a lot about slow paced books but the one issue I had with this was it was very fast paced. This pacing may have worked well for SHATTERMOON had there not been an awful lot of things going on, it was rather relentless, in that respect. The author sure knows how to write and this is impressive for a debut novel, all Dulley needs to do to cater for more readers is to not make them as frantic in the future. It is also worth considering that others may find the pace perfect, that's the subjectivity of books!
All in all, a great space opera debut from Dulley. He is definitely worth looking out for in the future, I will be doing so. I feel he has a long career ahead of him, a competent composer of science fiction, I look forward to entering this world once again when book two of THE LONG GAME series, MORHELION, is published in April 2019.
I would like to thank Dominic Dulley, Quercus Books UK and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review.
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