Review: Wonderful Space Opera
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2014
This one is good. Very, very good. I know I can always rely on Dave Freer for a solidly plotted, well-composed tale, with characters I can root for, a world that comes to life in my head, and best of all? Hope.Which is all the characters in this story have to go on, in the beginning. Ever since humanity first encountered a stardogs, the alien, intelligent but not sentient being, they have been using them. With the stardogs providing vital transportation, humanity has conquered the stars and hundreds of worlds. But there is a nasty secret underlying all this activity, and it's about to come out.It all centers around an imperial princess, her (real!) dog, and an assasin. But it won't turn out like you think it will. I started reading Stardogs one afternoon, and couldn't put it down until I was done with it. Dave's prose is easy to read, and a joy to discover little passages that had me reading them out loud. This isn't something I do often, by the way. I had to, there were just some lovely bits of humor, wit, and wisdom buried in the story.