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The story centres on Marca Nbaro, a new midshipper on the Greatship Athens – a massive space faring vessel run not by a purely benevolent government but by a consortium of business interests inspired (one suspects) by Venetian mercantile culture. Marca has a troubled past, and the things she’s had to do to get a position on the Athens frequently leave her vulnerable to those out to get her. But she also finds friends aboard the ship, and a growing sense of purpose even as the near-calamitous situations she winds up in reveal her strengths. I have been a fan of space operas for many years and this is one of the best that I have ever read. It's on a par with some of my favourite authors; Iain M Banks, Alistair Reynolds, John Scalzi. Rather than ruthlessly do what it takes to drive profit and turn an eye to human suffering, these companies are more of a ‘‘socialist merchant class,’’ as a character explains. Our hero Nbaro, an orphan born into a great family but who has seen hard times, is our guide into how this whole system works. She bluffs her way onto the great ship Athens, which is about to set off on a three-year mission. Not long into her posting, one of the other great ships in the company’s line disappears, and no one knows why. It could be enemy action, human error, or something of a more alien origin. Follow the distortion until you arrive at a temple with two entrances. Activate the door after the light clears from it to enter the temple.

Artifact Space by Miles Cameron – The Unseen Library Artifact Space by Miles Cameron – The Unseen Library

My name is Sir Daven Colraig,’ the young knight declared, hugging Estevar with frantic relief. ‘I am Sheriff Outrider to His Lordship, Margrave Someil. It was he who commanded me to await you here these past seven days.’ There are so many cool elements to this book, and one of them is the amazing Greatships that can carry up to 10,000 crew members. Oh and did I mention they are shaped like swords? You didn't think that Miles Cameron was going to leave his epic fantasy influences behind completely did you? Envisioning these transport ships and their unique construction really captured my imagination and Cameron does an outstanding job of giving such a vivid description of these enormous space vessels. So right away I was blown away by the technology aspect of this story. But this isn't just a hollow tale with cool tech as window-dressing, on the contrary, this story is about a person trying to overcome a dubious past that seems to follow her wherever she goes. And along the way we find that Cameron takes us in so many directions we never even imagined with thrilling side-stories aplenty.Artifact Omicron can be found during Final Glimpses, the last quest to point you to a random planet.

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These sparkly spacetime distortions appear at random locations in the room. They disappear after a short time, reappearing somewhere else. When you fly into them on time, you'll hear a loud musical cue. You'll need to hit around 4-6 of them to activate the temple - you can't lose progress, but since it's easy to just barely miss them, you may need to keep trying for a while! by commentators, guest bloggers, reviewers, and interviewees are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions of Locus magazine or its staff.Borros?’ the knight called out, coming into full view at last. A handsome devil, you had to give him that. The very portrait of a young chevalier: broad in the shoulder, narrow in the hips, square-jawed and golden-haired beneath a steel half-helm. Even the broken nose lent his otherwise smooth features a determined dignity. No doubt many a lad and lass had swooned over this one. At his side dangled a curved ivory horn. Estevar had known the blare of such instruments to carry for miles across flat terrain. ‘You are truly Estevar Borros, the King’s Crucible?’ the knight asked.

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Humanity has gone through an Age of Chaos – the details of this aren’t super clear but don’t really need to be – and transformed into a space-going species. But the means of space travel aren’t controlled by governments; instead, the ships are part of voluntary trade associations. Their main goal is to make money, not protect and defend, mostly because no one has really figured out how to make all-out war work with interstellar distances and timescales. Hello! I’m Hannah (or Jaedia), an asexual pagan spoonie from Britain who loves a good story. Join me as I seek dragons and whimsy in fantasy worlds, science fiction adventures, and macabre horror tales within books, video games, TTRPGs, film and beyond! It's like the author knew he was inundating the readers with mundaneness and decided to clue everyone in with statements like the above sprinkled all through the book. If you like to read about the unexciting day-to-day tedium of life in space with a bunch of uninspiring characters, this is the book for you.and somehow they'd passed through terror and adversity to the other extremity of routine and boredom without passing through a happy medium.

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