Science Fiction

Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti

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Genre: LGTQIA+ / Graphic Novel / SCI-FI
Pages: 352 pages
Published Date: February 8, 2022
Publisher: Random House Graphic
Series: None
Rating: 4.7 out of 5

DISCLAIMER:  I received an advance copy of Across a Field of Starlight from the publisher through NetGalley for the purposes of writing an honest review.

Across a Field of Starlight is a face-paced, science fiction graphic novel with two non-binary characters at the center, Fassen and Lu. When they were younger, they met after Fassen’s ship crash-landed on a planet that Lu (and others from their community) were exploring. Although it was forbidden to talk with each other – Lu lives in a passive society, and Fassen fights against the Empire – they became fast friends.

Fassen wanted to get back to their people to help fight, but they were from a different solar system, and if Fassen left, they would never see each other again. From a crashed ship, Fassen found parts they needed to contact their word, and Lu figured out a way they could stay in touch as they grew up. But their communications needed to remain a secret, or the Empire would find Lu’s home and take it over as it has done with so many others.

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Cry Pilot by Joel Dane

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Genre: Science Fiction / Military Sci-Fi
Pages: 415 pages
Published Date: August 6, 2019
Publisher: Ace Books
Series: Cry Pilot Series (Book 1)
Rating: 3.5 out of 5

So I have been hearing a lot of good things about this series and particularly the first book, “Cry Pilot”. Now I will start off by stating that I have not read a lot of Sci-Fi books, but that’s not saying that I dislike the genre. I love sci-fi and I liked this book, just did not love it for reasons that pertain to me.

The story is set in a future where the Earth has been devastated by three A.I.’s that no longer exist, but may have left something behind. Something so terrible that there is no way to stop them. Maseo Kaytu wants to join the military to help fight, but with his criminal past he knows that he is unable to become military. The only way to be a part of the military, he volunteers to become a ‘cry pilot’. This is a suicide mission where only six percent of the the volunteers survive, but he figures out a way to cheat the system and beat the odds. After he does this he is assigned to a squad where he grows and bonds with his fellow recruits, but can the hide his past and still keep the trust of his new friends?

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