This one is slower than the first two novels in the Wayfarers series. We spend most of the book on the Asteria, one of the ships in the Exodan Fleet, following the characters of Tessa, a (often single) mother of two; Isabel, an Archivist; Eyas, a Caretaker (of the dead); Kip, a teen who just wants to leave the Fleet; and Sawyer, who wasn’t born in the Fleet but is looking for a different way of life. The timeframe for the novel is primarily set […]

Like the other Wayfarers novels, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within is essentially a standalone novel, though readers of the other novels in the series will recognize the character Pei. She is one of the main characters this time, along with Roveg, a Quelin; Speaker, an Akarak; and Ouloo and her child Tupo, both Laru. The setting is the planet Gora, which is the Hanto word for “useless,” which I think made me laugh out loud upon reading that. It’s a planet that people stop […]

I mentioned at the end of my review of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet that I was disappointed the rest of the Wayfarers books wouldn’t be about the crew of the Wayfarer. That disappointment disappeared immediately upon starting A Closed and Common Orbit. The book starts very soon after the end of the previous book. The AI Lovelace is in a new (and illegal) body kit and is traveling with Pepper to Pepper and Blue’s home on Port Coriol. Lovelace, who soon […]