Review: A Flight of Thieves
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2013
A Flight of Thieves is many books rolled into one. While billed as YA, I think it also holds appeal for a full-on adult audience. The book takes place in a distant future. Millennia before, a great flood wiped out much of Earth. Robots held things together while humankind crawled out from under the wreckage.Despite being set far in the future, the book has more of a retro feel to it. There are many steampunk features, which I normally associate with the late eighteen-hundreds, and they fit nicely.On one level, this is a coming of age tale for Princess Victoria, a feisty heroine. She's always been gutsy. Over the course of the story, she learns to temper her courage with wisdom and the beginnings of maturity. She and the other characters are well drawn. The story is tightly plotted; descriptions are lush and easy to visualize.There's a little something for everyone here: adventure, airships, hints of romance, military strategy, ecology. Pick your poison. You won't be disappointed.I was given a copy of this book by the author in exchange for an honest review.