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annathepiperThe moment I finished Reap the Wild Wind, I had to immediately jump back to A Thousand Words for Stranger just to remind myself of what had been previously established about the Om'ray--and of course to re-read the story of Sira and Morgan, which was an excellent little love story in general.
Re-reading this, I'm amused to find that the book actually has a fairly small cast of main characters, despite being set in a starfaring society. The spacer Jason Morgan in particular is a hub of connections, and has had past dealings with the Clansman Barac, the Pact Enforcer Lydis Bowman, and the pirate Roraqk. There are even reasons that Sira seeks out Morgan in particular at the beginning of the story, despite her being amnesiac. This may make the plot a bit too close and convenient for some readers, though it didn't actually bother me; Czerneda has gotten better about this since this, her first novel.
It's particularly interesting, though, to re-read this book and see mentions of what's very likely to come in the Stratification series. That specific term is mentioned in this novel, as is the leaving of Sira's people from their original homeworld--and I further noted that Sira's people call themselves the M'hiray, and that they are a specific faction whose ancestors had begun to manifest much more power than the rest of their kind. And I was amused as well to see a character named Bowman here, because of Marcus Bowman in Reap the Wild Wind; that similarity of names can't be a coincidence, and I find myself wondering if Marcus is an ancestor of Lydia.
For me, though, as is the case every time I re-read this book, Sira and Morgan are the main attraction. The progression of their relationship from an infatuated fixation on Sira's part and reluctant compassion on Morgan's straight up to love on both their parts is fun. So is Morgan the human telepath holding his own against Sira's people.
Fun book all around! Four stars.
Re-reading this, I'm amused to find that the book actually has a fairly small cast of main characters, despite being set in a starfaring society. The spacer Jason Morgan in particular is a hub of connections, and has had past dealings with the Clansman Barac, the Pact Enforcer Lydis Bowman, and the pirate Roraqk. There are even reasons that Sira seeks out Morgan in particular at the beginning of the story, despite her being amnesiac. This may make the plot a bit too close and convenient for some readers, though it didn't actually bother me; Czerneda has gotten better about this since this, her first novel.
It's particularly interesting, though, to re-read this book and see mentions of what's very likely to come in the Stratification series. That specific term is mentioned in this novel, as is the leaving of Sira's people from their original homeworld--and I further noted that Sira's people call themselves the M'hiray, and that they are a specific faction whose ancestors had begun to manifest much more power than the rest of their kind. And I was amused as well to see a character named Bowman here, because of Marcus Bowman in Reap the Wild Wind; that similarity of names can't be a coincidence, and I find myself wondering if Marcus is an ancestor of Lydia.
For me, though, as is the case every time I re-read this book, Sira and Morgan are the main attraction. The progression of their relationship from an infatuated fixation on Sira's part and reluctant compassion on Morgan's straight up to love on both their parts is fun. So is Morgan the human telepath holding his own against Sira's people.
Fun book all around! Four stars.