A runaway slave sold into the service of troubled Emirate diplomat Mira LoDire, Costa, a female breeder, finds herself drawn to her reluctant mistress and discovers that her troubling visions may hold the key to defying ruthless Faraqui domination. Reprint."
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A diplomat and a prescient slave join forces to combat intergalactic slavers and their alien allies. Park's first novel demonstrates a good mixture of action/adventure and moral issues, as the protagonists struggle with questions of freedom and responsibility on internal and external battlefields. The lesbian orientation of the central characters forms an integral, though not overwhelming, part of a well-paced space opera. Larger libraries should consider this title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
*currently my favorite book*,
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This review is from: Speaking Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)
S.M. Stirling's comments here speak for me pretty well. Rarely has a book touched me in such a way that I have read it again within a month. The character of Costa, in particular, is one of the most interesting and involving characters I've come across. I've read and enjoyed all three of Severna Park's novels, but this one remains my favorite, for reasons I'm not sure I can explain.
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Very impressive first novel,
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This review is from: Speaking Dreams (Paperback)
It's rare for the conventions of space opera to be used for characterizations of this depth and clarity. SPEAKING DREAMS functions quite well as an adventure story, but it _shines_ as a study in character -- the effects of trauma, the difficult, risky necessity of trust, and the effort needed to overcome one's past. It is also, and oddly for a book containing so much vividly realized pain, charming. I'd even use the word sweet for parts, if it didn't have negative overtones and didn't contrast so starkly with the strength and honesty of the portrayals.
This is the sort of book you read several times; and also the sort that makes you determined to look at anything new that appears under the author's name.
-- S.M. Stirling
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A Very good first book. Good subject.,
By Doris Vaughan "She is too fond of books and i... (Hopkinsville, KY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Speaking Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)
I love good Sci Fi. I enjoyed the fresh and new plot of this book. It makes a good read the characters are believable and well rounded.It has a good ending which is great for a us gal's to enjoy. No, the lesbians do not jump of a window, hang themselves in despair, take poison or are killed at the end. They move on to be happy. Well done Severna.
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