Almarie Guerra narrates a space opera featuring a found family and psychic cats. When Captain Eva Innocente and her crew become embroiled in a complex plot involving an intergalactic crime syndicate, Eva’s perfidious family, and a variety of dubious cargo, they must use their wits to survive. Guerra does an excellent job creating a range of believable characters for a variety of species found across the cosmos. Eva is of Cuban descent and frequently expresses strong emotions—usually by swearing in Spanish—so Geuerra’s obvious fluency is a boon. Several of the alien lifeforms vocalize in a way described as different from typical human speech, and Guerra strikes an acceptable balance between accuracy and comprehension. K.M.P. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
As we do every year, we’re looking ahead to the next 12 months new science fiction and fantasy books—with the help of the editors and publishers responsible for bringing them to our shelves each and every week. Here are 105 (or maybe more, depending on how you count…) new books they can’t wait for you […]
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