I haven’t read many space operas. In fact, most of the space operas I’ve read are Star Wars, so my review comes from someone new to the genre;
In a universe of laser guns, star ships, and genetic engineering, could no one invent an effective form of birth control?
As interesting as having a suicidal social custom based upon birth order is, that was the question I kept asking myself every time Firebird’s honor to her planet was brought up.
Speaking of Firebird, she was not difficult to convince to help the Federation. All it took was one viewing of a battle over Twinnich, and she was convinced of the error of her ways to join Brennen’s efforts against Netaia.
The next section that follows is my favorite part of the book; Brennen juggling the political side of the conflict while strategizing battles in orbit. If the book had kept the focus on Brennen from here on out, I would have enjoyed it much more.
Unfortunately, this part ended with the introduction of a romantic subplot between Brennen and Firebird. That was quite a shift for me, especially since the weight of the narrative moves to completely encompass this subplot. The politics and the battles become background noise.
The ending felt like a train rescue cartoon where the villain twirls his mustache and pulls the lever to set the locomotive free, which is kinda what Phoena, Firebirds sister, does when she drugs Firebird and Brennen in an effort to incapacitate them.
But, Brennen is able to lay the mines to destroy access to a mineral Phoena wanted and Firebird uses the laser guns she previously hid away to create a way to a ship in which Firebird flies both her and Brennen to safety.
BUT the book doesn’t end there, it ends when Firebird agrees to “pair bond” (marry) Brennen, thus ending the story with the romantic subplot.
Once again, my favorite part was Brennen’s reconciling of powers in both social and material skirmishes.
The book is far more reminiscent of Dune in its world building and character type, even though there are many events similar to Star Wars: A New Hope.
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