Starfire A Red Peace The Starfire Trilogy Book 1 eBook Spencer Ellsworth
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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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Starfire A Red Peace The Starfire Trilogy Book 1 eBook Spencer Ellsworth
This book was fantastic and fast paced and if you enjoy reading science fiction with flavors of Star Wars and Ender's Game you will really love this book, as I did. It was a lot of fun, intense, with memorable characters that I can't wait to see what happens to them.Likes: Jaqui is awesome. Actually so is Z and Araskar. I loved these characters, they were funny and awesome. The world building was well done and interesting, I'd like more details. The ideas on gender and the nature of creation and sentience were also interesting. It reminded me a bit of Ursula K LeGuin's Left Hand of Darkness. All in all, it left me really wanting more.
Dislikes: Bugs are super gross. But to quote the book: "'Are you afraid of something?' Z asked. 'Think of what you've seen.' 'It don't make no sense,' I say, 'but a girls gets to be afraid of a bug now and then.'"
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Starfire A Red Peace The Starfire Trilogy Book 1 eBook Spencer Ellsworth Reviews
When I first cracked A RED PEACE open, it was crazy fast-paced. My eyes and brain were working double-time to figure things out, and then BAM! I was in it—cracking moons, chillin’ with weird aliens, smelling up the place, and like for real hungry—that’s how immersive the writing is. I was in it, so much so, that when I looked back up from the book, I had forgotten where I was in my own reality! Books that do that are a gift! Yes, there’s drugs, sexual stuff, and bad language—but its a gritty, adult space opera, so yeah. . .
I also really loved that Spencer Ellsworth didn't stereotype the female characters. They had depth, spirit, strength that exceeded their male counterparts, and well, they didn't need saving. Thought the male and female POVs connected beautifully.
Page-turning plot, gritty humor, off-the-wall characters/creatures (the NecroWasp, the Suits. . .so cool!)—LOVED it! Super glad the next two are already out! Though, eventually my husband will grow tired of me screaming, “Stamp your boots and open your sheath!” Haha!
I really enjoyed reading about this universe Ellsworth has created. It took a few chapters before I got sucked in, but once I did, I read through to the end and couldn't put it down. I wasn't too sure about going back and forth between the character's points of view, but it worked quite well and made me believe in and cheer for both the antagonist and protagonist. I was thrilled when their stories came together. Already pre-ordered the second book. Can't wait to read it!
"A Red Peace" does Star Wars better than Star Wars.
It's what I longed for when I watched "The Force Awakens." I so wanted to see a Stormtrooper fighting his upbringing, having an attachment with his fellow soldiers that kept him from, say, killing a planet-full of his compatriots. I also hoped to see an original story (ie not involving a death star). "A Red Peace" delivers on all of these things in a way that hits all the adventure beats of a Star Wars movie, while also presenting something unique.
The book braids together two storylines. The first follows a scrappy, illiterate orphan girl named Jaqi who makes her way in the universe through gumption and her special navigation skills. Jaqi falls in with a trio of children fleeing Imperial assassins and accidentally finds herself enmeshed in their struggles.
The second follows Araskar, one of the new Empire's vat-grown soldiers who is increasingly uncomfortable with carrying out the bloodthirsty orders he is given. Unlike Finn in "The Force Awakens," however, the thought of turning against all of his fellows is unthinkable. As an officer, he is fiercely loyal to those under his command, calling them "his slugs." In fact, it is out of his loyalty that his discontent springs. He feels these new orders are putting his squad at risk unnecessarily, that they are dying for nothing. Because he was made to be a soldier, though, because that's all he's known, his feelings rub up against the very core of his identity. He self-medicates with drugs while hoping to get through to a time when he can retire, resign, or even die.
On top of the unforgettable characters, there are cool spaceships, a universe full of different alien species and exotic locales, and an honest look at both how war can corrupt even the most righteous intentions and also how there are things worth fighting for.
An excellent space opera. I can't wait for the second book.
The story is told from two perspectives, in the first person, and present tense. I loved that the two main characters weren't a king and queen, and the female protagonist isn't another virgin assassin with a heart of gold.
The reluctant hero Jaqi (I mean in full denial all the way through), the natural born scab of two vat born crosses, has a hand in shady business and a not picky love life. She jumps from one heap of trouble to another all for tomatoes (and perhaps two clueless children).
The noble war hero Araskar is a vat born cross who escapes the horrors of war he helped win with drugs that allow him to listen to the music of the universe. (no, really)
Jaqi and Araskar's goals are at odds, but they both don't want two refugee children to die.
Ellsworth's book explores what makes a person good, when does a noble cause stop being noble, how a misinterpretation of a prophecy can make mad men powerful, messiahs might not be saviors and what a person is willing to go through for a tomato.
"Tomatoes!"
This book was fantastic and fast paced and if you enjoy reading science fiction with flavors of Star Wars and Ender's Game you will really love this book, as I did. It was a lot of fun, intense, with memorable characters that I can't wait to see what happens to them.
Likes Jaqui is awesome. Actually so is Z and Araskar. I loved these characters, they were funny and awesome. The world building was well done and interesting, I'd like more details. The ideas on gender and the nature of creation and sentience were also interesting. It reminded me a bit of Ursula K LeGuin's Left Hand of Darkness. All in all, it left me really wanting more.
Dislikes Bugs are super gross. But to quote the book "'Are you afraid of something?' Z asked. 'Think of what you've seen.' 'It don't make no sense,' I say, 'but a girls gets to be afraid of a bug now and then.'"
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