Tiger of Talmare by Nina Scott is a novella that I stumbled across while I was browsing Amazon for contemporary science fiction written by women.
Mel is a space pirate who has been hired to hijack a spaceship carrying the cryogenically frozen Zach to be tried for a massacre on Talmare. Zach is a tiger-human hybrid soldier, who happens to have been chasing Mel across the galaxy for the last ten years, ever since she stole his ship.
The cryochamber is damaged so Mel has to revive Zach. He convinces her he's innocent. The man who hired her is the real culprit and is trying to silence Zach. As the story is uncovered it turns out there is connection to a troubled member of Mel's crew so Mel decides to do the right thing. And as this is a romance as much as an adventure, Mel and Zach get it on.
This is a fun romp heavy on action and dialogue. These elements are well done and the book is pretty entertaining. It's a novella, coming in at a mere 100 pages, so there's not much room for anything else. I think these characters have a lot of potential and if the story was fleshed out with description and context it would make a great novel.
I liked it. It's currently free as an ebook, so give it a go.
On a side note, I'm keen to read science fiction written by women. Any suggestions? I'm looking for people publishing now, rather than classics of the genre.
The cryochamber is damaged so Mel has to revive Zach. He convinces her he's innocent. The man who hired her is the real culprit and is trying to silence Zach. As the story is uncovered it turns out there is connection to a troubled member of Mel's crew so Mel decides to do the right thing. And as this is a romance as much as an adventure, Mel and Zach get it on.
This is a fun romp heavy on action and dialogue. These elements are well done and the book is pretty entertaining. It's a novella, coming in at a mere 100 pages, so there's not much room for anything else. I think these characters have a lot of potential and if the story was fleshed out with description and context it would make a great novel.
I liked it. It's currently free as an ebook, so give it a go.
On a side note, I'm keen to read science fiction written by women. Any suggestions? I'm looking for people publishing now, rather than classics of the genre.
1 comment:
Huh, sounds interesting.
I'm reading the final book of the Hunger Games series, but it's not really science fiction.
You can give Laura Eno a try - one of my blogger buddies. She put out a book last year called Don't Fall Asleep. And it is most definitely science fiction!
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