SFF

The Stars Are Legion

by Kameron Hurley
Saga. Feb. 2017. 400p. ISBN 9781481447935. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9781481447959. SF
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Waking on a sickbed with scars and a muddled memory, Zan quickly realizes she is in a dangerous world at war. A woman named Jayd claims to be her sister and tells her she is needed. Anat, Lord of the Katazyrna, has been waging battle with her nearby rivals, the Bhavajas, and seeks to broker peace by giving Jayd to their leader. Jayd has her own schemes, however, and informs Zan that she is the only one who can successfully attack the nearby world-ship Mokshi, which holds the key to saving dying planets like Katazyrna. These world-ships are living tissue, and the residents are women who birth a variety of beings that the world needs, whether they be children or fleshy cogs or monstrous creatures.
VERDICT Hurley's first foray into sf (her fantasies include the "Worldbreaker Saga," which began with The Mirror Empire), shows that the author hasn't lost any of her taste for exotically fantastic creations. Fans of unreliable narrators will enjoy puzzling out who owes loyalty to whom in this stand-alone. [See Prepub Alert, 8/22/16.]
Reviewed by Megan M. McArdle , Jan 01, 2017
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