This Gulf of Time and Stars (Hardcover) by Julie E Czerneda

from LisCarey

This is the first book of a trilogy, but that trilogy is the third trilogy in a larger series. Despite that, while it's a bit confusing at first, enough backstory is salted in along the way that even coming to it cold I was able to catch up and enjoy the story. We begin with a very dark scene, w...

from gypsysmom

How did I never find Julie Czerneda before now? She is a Canadian science fiction writer of roughly my age but until I read a Big Idea piece she wrote for John Scalzi's blog about her latest book I had not only never read anything by her but never heard her name. Thank goodness that's now been pu...

from EvaW

After I got through the prelude, which I found difficult to follow, and back to Sira's story, I found this book as wonderful as all of Julie Czerneda's others!

from quondame

I would have enjoyed a Night's Edge story much more. Too effective enemies,jumpy action, ineffective friends, ancient working (literally swamped) spacecraft, when the experiment has seemingly overrun. I'm not sure I like our main characters either.