An Accidental Goddess
WINNER OF THE RT GOLD MEDAL! A deep space explosion in Riftspace sends Captain Gillaine Davré and her sentient crystalship, Simon, three hundred and fifty years into the future, where her likeness graces every shrine, and her accident has been recorded in history as a "divine sacrifice."...
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WINNER OF THE RT GOLD MEDAL! A deep space explosion in Riftspace sends Captain Gillaine Davré and her sentient crystalship, Simon, three hundred and fifty years into the future, where her likeness graces every shrine, and her accident has been recorded in history as a "divine sacrifice." Anonymity and lies seem her only options. How can she risk harming the Khalaran culture with the truth about her pub-crawling ways? They think she's a goddess, and she has no intention of destroying those beliefs. Admiral Rynan "Mack" Makarian is a follower of the Lady Kiasidira. He believes that the Lady sacrificed herself in order to save his people. He also believes that the mysterious freighter captain who's turned up on his station is the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. But is she hiding a secret? Suddenly, a long-time enemy attacks, again. Can Gillie help Mack stop the invasion without revealing her identity, and losing the man she loves?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781553165781 (1553165780)
ASIN: 1553165780
Publish date: October 22nd 2002
Publisher: Ltdbooks
Pages no: 238
Edition language: English
This is another long time fave that I pull out of the bookcase every so often to re-visit. A very clever premise, strong/smart heroine and a nice guy Hero. Throw in some action, humour, romance and you have a fun escapist read.
The author was recommended to me recently by a friend and is on a fantasy recommendation list for Wintertide, which is out of print, so I tried this one which is supposed to be a sequel, but set far in the future--which meant I didn't have any problems because I didn't know the prior book. Sinclair ...
Gillie wakes up 350 years after she last remembers being awake to find that at some stage she's become a goddess and it's left issues. Mack falls in love with her but has issues with the fact that she appears to be disrespectful of his goddess. Amusing, light, romance with sf overtones.
Gillie wakes up 350 years after she last remembers being awake to find that at some stage she's become a goddess and it's left issues. Mack falls in love with her but has issues with the fact that she appears to be disrespectful of his goddess.Amusing, light, romance with sf overtones.
I really liked this book because of the way Linnea managed the power balance between her heorine and hero. It was refreshing to have a female who had to basically hide her powers so as not to freak out a lover who actually worshipped the person she had been. A great example of Linnea's writing at he...
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