New Moon (Luna #1)
by:
Ian McDonald (author)
The Moon wants to kill you. Maybe it will kill you when the per diem for your allotted food, water, and air runs out, just before you hit paydirt. Maybe it will kill you when you are trapped between the reigning corporations-the Five Dragons-in a foolish gamble against a futuristic feudal...
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The Moon wants to kill you.
Maybe it will kill you when the per diem for your allotted food, water, and air runs out, just before you hit paydirt. Maybe it will kill you when you are trapped between the reigning corporations-the Five Dragons-in a foolish gamble against a futuristic feudal society. On the Moon, you must fight for every inch you want to gain. And that is just what Adriana Corta did.
As the leader of the Moon's newest "dragon," Adriana has wrested control of the Moon's Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie Metal corporation and fought to earn her family's new status. Now, in the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation-Corta Helio-confronted by the many enemies she made during her meteoric rise. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana's five children must defend their mother's empire from her many enemies... and each other.
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Format: audiobook
ASIN: B015TVDZT2
Publish date: 2015-09-29
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Edition language: English
Series: Luna (#1)
[I received a copy of this book through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.]I'm definitely not a fan of present tense 3rd person narration, so it took me a while to finally get to this book. However, once I was immersed into the story, its plot unfurled and flew by quite fast, keeping me in...
Bit of a slog, this. A good example of “great concept, shame about the story”. Takes its sweet time getting going too. Not interested in Lucasinho’s partying habits, Ariel’s sex room, Adriana’s pretty easy ascent to power. Zero humour, too. This has been described (by its author) as “Game Of Thrones...