Luna: Moon Rising
-
-
4.3 • 42 Ratings
-
-
- $11.99
-
- $11.99
Publisher Description
A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR SCIENCE FICTION
The continuing saga of the Five Dragons, Ian McDonald's fast-paced, intricately plotted space opera pitched as Game of Thrones meets The Expanse
A hundred years in the future, a war wages between the Five Dragons—five families that control the Moon’s leading industrial companies. Each clan does everything in their power to claw their way to the top of the food chain—marriages of convenience, corporate espionage, kidnapping, and mass assassinations.
Through ingenious political manipulation and sheer force of will, Lucas Cortas rises from the ashes of corporate defeat and seizes control of the Moon. The only person who can stop him is a brilliant lunar lawyer, his sister, Ariel.
Witness the Dragons' final battle for absolute sovereignty in Ian McDonald's heart-stopping finale to the Luna trilogy.
Luna
1. Luna: New Moon
2. Luna: Wolf Moon
3. Luna: Moon Rising
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
McDonald concludes his Luna space opera trilogy in triumphant style, following Luna: Wolf Moon. In this near future, the Earth's moon is controlled by five family corporations known as the Dragons. The central conflict between two members of the Cortas family, whose wealth comes from helium mining, plays out in a court case that takes an unexpected turn. Opposing forces advance very different futures for the Moon, including massive terraforming and creating a post-labor society whose citizens receive guaranteed incomes. The political intrigue never feels too abstract or removed from 21st-century Earth. Readers will appreciate the care McDonald takes with both worldbuilding and characterization, and will enjoy little touches such as giving an assassin the job title of Corporate Conflict Resolution Officer. Newcomers will have difficulty mastering the intricacies of the setting and story, as McDonald doesn't provide even a short recap or cast of characters; however, fans of the prior books will find this wrap-up rewarding.
Customer Reviews
Mixed feelings
The positives are plot, most of the characters and pacing. But the detailed descriptions of sex acts in each book of this series add nothing to the story, and the whole wolf thing — really? So, I kept reading, but I found myself reading around annoying distractions. If reading were at all difficult for me, I would have stopped part way through the previous book.