Bradley P. Beaulieu and Stephen Gaskell
various ebook formats (Kindle, Nook) $0.99
Between dayjobbery and a number of fantasy novels I'd committed to review, it's been a while since I read any science fiction. I'm trying to restore a little balance to what I've been reading, and so between things I've committed to review, I decided to take a quick break with Strata. Beaulieu's The Winds of Khalakovo was one of my favorite novels last year (see my review here), so when I saw he had co-written this short novel with Stephen Gaskell, I knew I had to read it.
And I'm glad I did. While it's not what I would consider hard science (the authors don't go into a great deal of technical detail), they did do their research. I've always been skeptical of stories where spacecraft, never mind whole stations such as those here, get right up next to the Sun. So when I say the authors made me suspend my disbelief, that's saying something.
