Starfire: A Red Peace
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4.6 • 8 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
A Red Peace, first in Spencer Ellsworth's Starfire trilogy, is an action-packed space opera in a universe where the oppressed half-Jorian crosses have risen up to supplant humanity and dominate the galaxy.
Half-breed human star navigator Jaqi, working the edges of human-settled space on contract to whoever will hire her, stumbles into possession of an artifact that the leader of the Rebellion wants desperately enough to send his personal guard after. An interstellar empire and the fate of the remnant of humanity hang in the balance.
Spencer Ellsworth has written a classic space opera, with space battles between giant bugs, sun-sized spiders, planets of cyborgs and a heroine with enough grit to bring down the galaxy's newest warlord.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Elsworth's debut is a capable, if familiar, take on revolution in space and what comes after an empire falls. Jaqi is a smuggler barely surviving on the edges of what remains of the interstellar Second Empire. Araskar is a hero of the resistance, which has recently toppled the empire. Both men are products of crossbreeding programs started by the empire and stopped by the revolution. Neither is prepared for the cold reality of the new regime, which promises freedom but delivers only death. Elsworth's writing is workmanlike, and his characters are consistent, though not original. The story is fast-paced but relies on happenstance and good luck, which limits the agency of his protagonists. Body horror and hand-to-hand combat are substituted for high-energy combat. This first volume primarily sets up the narrative that is to come, and leaves too many threads dangling for the conclusion to be satisfying.
Customer Reviews
Rough Around The Edges
It took about a hundred pages for things to start making sense, but once I figured out what the heck was going on—I really enjoyed it! I loved the characters and the adventures going to different planets and whatnot.
The whole prophecy thing was a little old school with the Chosen One and all that but it was interesting enough to keep me turning the pages.
3 stars because it took a little bit for the plot to come together. I wish the author would have taken more time to explain things a little more. The first 100 pages felt like I was thrown into the ocean and had to teach myself how to swim, haha. But I did like it, perhaps enough to move on to Book II. We’ll see.