Under Fortunate Stars Review

I featured Under Fortunate Stars on my blog a while ago as part of Lola's Blog Tour for this book. I promised to review it here when I'd read it - so here is my review:

 

Stranded in the dark.

 In the final throes of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven's junk freighter breaks down in a strange rift in deep space, with little chance of rescue—until they encounter a science vessel that claims to be from 152 years in the future. Engineer Uma Ozakka has always been fascinated with the past, especially the desperate peace mission that ended the war with the Felen and ushered in a new age of collaboration—a mission Keeven's first mate, Leesongronski, is supposed to be leading right now. If Ozakka is right, more than the fates of two ships hangs in the balance....

Review

There is a great deal to absorb, enjoy and think about in this novel with its various twists and turns..

The story skips back and fore between timelines, which is something I got used to, although the number and variety of characters was, at times, a bit confusing, especially as sometimes forenames and sometimes last names are used. However, that's just something I personally found distracting as a reader, and might not bother other readers at all.

Having said that, the book was very well written and the science seems perfectly logical and feasible despite the anomaly of two sets of characters meeting up with a time difference between them of 152 years, and the disparity between events on board the Gallion and what history records happened all those years ago. This all adds to the mystery and intrigue.

Definitely not your usual time travel tale, there is a diverse cast of characters, who are all richly drawn and mostly likeable, despite their various flaws. There are moments of humour, and also poignancy and the ending is quite moving. I could see this being made into a movie and can recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good SF story with some edge of the seat mystery thrown in.

I give it Five Stars

 

 

 

 

Under Fortunate Stars - Spotlight and Giveaway

This is my post during the blog tour for Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings. Under Fortunate Stars is a timey wimey space opera for lovers of Star Trek and Firefly. 

(Space opera, my favourite genre 😃) I'm enjoying this book and will be posting my review here and elsewhere soon.

This blog tour is organized by Lola's Blog Tours and the tour runs from 10 till 23 May. You can see the tour schedule here.

Under Fortunate Stars
By Ren Hutchings
Genre: Science Fiction
Age category: Adult
Publisher: Rebellion Publishing

Release Date: 10 May 2022

Blurb:
Two Ships. One Chance To Save The Future.

Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven’s freighter the Jonah breaks down in a strange rift in deep space, with little chance of rescue—until they encounter the research vessel Gallion, which claims to be from 152 years in the future.

The Gallion’s chief engineer Uma Ozakka has always been fascinated with the past, especially the tale of the Fortunate Five, who ended the war with the Felen. When the Gallion rescues a run-down junk freighter, Ozakka is shocked to recognize the Five's legendary ship—and the Five's famed leader, Eldric Leesongronski, among the crew.

But nothing else about Leesongronski and his crewmates seems to match up with the historical record. With their ships running out of power in the rift, more than the lives of both crews may be at stake...

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About the Author:
Ren Hutchings is a speculative fiction writer, writing mentor, and history grad. She spent most of the past decade working in game dev while also plotting twisty space novels. She loves pop science, unexplained mysteries, 90s music, collecting outdated electronics, and pondering about alternate universes. Ren always drafts out of order, and almost everything she writes ends up involving a dash of time travel.

Author links:
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Giveaway
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