While A Closed and Common Orbit deals with the aftermath of the events The Long Way to Small, Angry Planet, it can be read independently. The novel alternates between the view points of two characters. Lovelace/Sidra’s perspective takes place directly after the other novel, and Jane’s chapters take place about 20 years prior, and explore how she ended up escaping a planet where she was genetically engineered for one specific function/job. This isn’t a spoiler since Pepper was introduced in the previous novel as a […]
Choice, Purpose and Design
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers