Rissa and Tregare
Living a desperate life in the Total Welfare Center, the orphan Rissa discovers she has won the lottery and takes a chance to shape her own destiny. After she escapes from Earth with the help of a space pirate who may be more trouble than she expected, she soon discovers that together they might...
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Living a desperate life in the Total Welfare Center, the orphan Rissa discovers she has won the lottery and takes a chance to shape her own destiny. After she escapes from Earth with the help of a space pirate who may be more trouble than she expected, she soon discovers that together they might have a chance to shape Earth's destiny as well.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780759253384 (0759253382)
Publish date: March 26th 2003
Publisher: eReads.com
Pages no: 248
Edition language: English
Series: Rissa Kerguelen (#2)
Try finding a kickass heroine in science fiction before 1980, the year before this novel's publication. Particularly try finding a kickass action heroine of that date, one written by a male writer that doesn't make you, a woman, cringe. Rare. So, in Rissa you have a strong heroine in a space opera...