Theft of Fire
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4.4 • 22 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
At the frozen edge of the solar system lies a hidden treasure which could spell their fortune or their destruction—but only if they survive each other first.
Marcus Warnoc has a little problem. His asteroid mining ship—his inheritance, his livelihood, and his home—has been hijacked by a pint-sized corporate heiress with enough blackmail material to sink him for good, a secret mission she won't tell him about, and enough courage to get them both killed. She may have him dead to rights, but if he doesn't turn the tables on this spoiled Martian snob, he'll be dead, period. He's not giving up without a fight.
He has a plan.
Miranda Foxgrove has the opportunity of a lifetime almost within her grasp if she can reach it. Her stolen spacecraft came with a stubborn, resourceful captain who refuses to cooperate—but he's one of the few men alive who can snatch an unimaginable treasure from beneath the muzzles of countless railguns. And if this foulmouthed Belter thug doesn't want to cooperate, she'll find a way to force him. She's come too far to give up now.
She has a plan.
They're about to find out that a plan is a list of things that won't happen.
Customer Reviews
Nails characters so well the thriller elements are secondary
Don’t get me wrong, the plot and world are well thought out and fun. The hard science is dead on. But the true joy of this story is the relationship between the two main characters. It’s real and lacks any of the stereotypes one might expect. Definitely looking forward to the next one.
One of the best recent sci-fi novels
Theft of Fire is one of the best sci-fi novels I read in the past few years. It combines the detailed world-building of The Expanse with near-future optimism of Delta-V, and adds a big dash of strong character development, resulting in a book that’s livery hard to put down
Not for me
I got this book because of the first review, especially because it claimed that the world building was like The Expanse (perhaps they left a review for the wrong book). I wish the second review had been posted at that point as it is spot on and I wouldn’t have wasted my time and money on this book. I made it nearly 100 pages myself before I realized that I strongly disliked both of the two main characters, the plot was as compelling and fast-paced as slowly poking at wet cardboard, and I had better things to do with my time.