My review:???

In the Company of Others by Julie E. Czerneda is set in the time of humanity reaching out to the stars.  They’ve discovered the ability to terraform, which is coming at a good time as Earth has become overcrowded.  The Quill, a harmless alien being, was has been changed because of the terraforming, and has been changed into something that kills humans.

Humans have spilled into the stars, on space stations, but they are very crowded, as colonists who had been heading for the terraformed worlds had been travelling there.  Aaron Pardell is a descendent of one of the terraforming scientists, and Dr Gail Smith thinks that he’ll be able to help her with finding an answer to the Quill.

This is science fiction story with a difference for the struggles the space stations brings, and the Quill.  I enjoyed the discoveries as the story progressed, and the character differences of those from the stations versus those from Earth.  I did feel like the story dragged in areas though.

In the Company of Others was published on 1st June 2001, and is available to buy from Amazon and Waterstones (audio CDs).

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My review:????

Finder by Suzanne Palmer is about Fergus Ferguson, a man from Earth in a time of established colonies on other planets (such as Mars), and space stations.  He is good at finding things, and he’ll need his skills on this backwater planet that the man who stole a spaceship has come to.

There are threatening aliens who flyover once in a while, Shielders who keep to themselves, and a civil war that breaks out as Fergus arrives.  He has to make alliances, work quickly, and getting the ship will mean he can leave all this madness behind him.

This is an enjoyable sci-fi story, with Fergus as a likeable rogue, and the people he collects around him are unusual.  You are rooting for Fergus to win the day, and the twists and turns seem obvious once they’ve happened.

I enjoyed this adventure, the trip through space and the plot twists!

I read this because it was a Sword and Laser pick for November – I’m a bit behind!  

Finder was published on 2nd April 2019, and is available on Amazon.

You can follow Suzanne Palmer on Twitter and her website.