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Available
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Publication
New York : Tor.com, 2019.
Description
As a journalist she exposed corruption across the Interstellar Commonwealth, shifting public opinion and destroying careers in the process. Long-since retired, she travels back to the planet of her childhood, partly through a sense of nostalgia, partly to avoid running from humanity's newest--and self-created--enemy, the jenjer. Because the enemy is coming, and nothing can stand in its way.
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LibraryThing member Stevil2001
This Tor.com novella is by Una McCormack, who I know from her excellent work on Star Trek and Doctor Who tie-in fiction-- so excellent that I've long thought she needs to do more original stuff, so I'm happy to see her in such a high-profile venue as this. An aging journalist returns to her home
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planet, even as the area of the galaxy it's in has been evacuated in the face of an unstoppable onslaught. The book combines her youth with her return into one narrative. It is, as always, well written. I always like Una's narrative voice, and the book marshals a sense of inevitable tragedy in all its time frames, and its grasp of character and social dynamics is astute. I did find myself wishing the ending had been sharper; I felt like I ought to have learned something that I had not actually learned, and I don't know what. Show Less
LibraryThing member Cataloger623
Through a series of flashbacks, we see the story of a war correspondent. Her privileged life with her servant a genetically engineered human slave. This is the beginning of the end for the Commonwealth, yet few understand it. People are fleeing the frontier from an as-yet-unnamed foe. Coming to her
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home planet near the border, brings back memories of her past. Those memories are now seen through the lens of an adult; The writer comes face to face with the impending danger and her part in it. This novella was a change from the normal space war stories I read in the past. Where those stories were replete with action, this is the exact opposite. Thie prose invites you to read more. The more I read, the more interested I became in the central character's life and destiny. Show Less
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Original publication date
2019
Physical description
112 p.; 21 cm
ISBN
0765399253 / 9780765399250