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Open Road Media Young Readers
Description
The "blockbuster" first novel in the action-packed Rissa Kerguelen space opera (Seattle Times). Rissa breathes a sigh of relief as the ship lifts off. It seems she has escaped danger, and no one has recognized the scientifically altered being as the beautiful young heir to the Hilzein Establishment--or so it seems. Possessing the only force capable of challenging the tyranny that devastated the Earth and universe, Rissa can do almost anything--then again, almost anything can happen to her while she is doing it too.
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LibraryThing member clong
This is reasonably entertaining space opera, somewhat marred by sophomoric sexual content (the first forty pages gives us prepubescent masturbation; our protagonist thinking "After all, he could have been worse" about the man who raped her and then made daily servicing of his needs the price to pay
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for not having to scrub floors for eternity; and a well-preserved seventy-year-old woman who conducts final exams to graduate from her training program in bed). About the only thought provoking thing in the book was the impact of time dilation on investment performance. By the time you get to where you going, the investments you left behind on Earth would have increased many times. Busby doesn't address how the money gets to you, though. Still, if you're looking for a bit of mindless escapism and a female-James-Bond-in-space kind of protagonist this might fit the bill. I assume that the sequels go on to tell of her return to Earth and dethroning of the evil corporate government. Show Less
Original publication date
1976-09 (Rissa Kerguelen)
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Rissa Kerguelen, 1
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