12/21/2023 0 Comments To sleep in a sea of stars kira![]() ![]() Now, Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope. ![]() While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move.Īs war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. Kira Navarez dreamed of life on new worldsĭuring a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a masterful epic science fiction novel from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the Inheritance Cycle, Christopher Paolini. ![]() Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction Novel To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini is out now and available at your local bookstore, library, or anywhere fine books are sold.'Action-packed SF adventure that zings along at hyperluminal speed' - Peter F. If the stories planned for this universe continue to hit these heights, then I can’t wait to see what Paolini dreams up next. Without spoiling too much, the arc of her character feels complete by book’s end…even though there’s plenty of story left to continue in the Fractalverse. Evidence showed they predated every other known self-aware. Humanoid, with two sets of arms, they stood about two meters tall. ![]() Paolini’s excellent prose allow the reader to experience every struggle and moment of genuine emotion Kira has throughout the novel. The Old Ones, or Vanished, were an ancient race responsible for making the Seed (Idealis/Soft Blade), the Great Beacons, and numerous other technological artifacts found throughout the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. Image from Īs for our protagonist, Kira Navárez, you immediately connect with her and feel for the sacrifices she has to make on a journey she unwillingly has to take part in. Once the crew of the Wallfish were introduced, they immediately captured my heart. They may seem tough, but in actuality, they have genuine layers and good-natured affection underneath their rough exterior. Essentially a ragtag group of mercenaries, they immediately come across as engaging and full of spirit. The characters are so likable and relatable, especially the crew of the Wallfish. However, the reason why this spin on that story succeeds more than other novels working within this trope, is the quality of the characters. In that way, it’s similar to the Inheritance Cycle. More than once, I caught myself daydreaming outside of the main storyline because my mind was too busy picturing what all the other beings and worlds looked like.Īs for the plot itself, it’s your standard “chosen one being thrust into something far greater than themselves” type of scenario. It’s far vaster and grander than the Inheritance Cycle was right out of the gate. The universe that he has created feels so rich and full with the sheer number of planets, communities, religions, and races introduced. Paolini manages to suck you in immediately with the worldbuilding featured in the novel. Once I began reading, I could not put it down. What would this world look like now that he’s operating in a different genre (sci-fi rather than fantasy)? And with this being his first adult novel, what constraints would be removed? I was extremely curious to pick this up, having been a fan of Paolini’s work prior. Now bonded with the Soft Blade, Kira is soon thrust into a gigantic intergalactic war between humanity and a race of beings called the Jellies, and she may be the key to ending it. It is there she stumbles upon the Soft Blade, an ancient nanotech organism that becomes one with Kira against her wishes. Before settling down with her fiancé, Kira goes to recover a downed drone on the planet Adrasteia. We focus on Kira Navárez, a xenobiologist working for The United Military Command, or UMC. Humanity has traveled and colonized amongst the stars, and other species have become known. Intended to be the first in a new universe Paolini is calling “The Fractalverse,” Stars is set in a future where space travel for the masses has become possible. You can imagine my surprise when, towards the tail end of 2020, I discovered that he had written his first novel for adults, the massive sci-fi space opera, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. Growing up, the Inheritance Cycle was one of my favorite book series. I was on a HUGE fantasy kick after seeing The Return of the King at ten-years-old, and to feed my obsession, I became immediately enamored with the world Christopher Paolini created. In the years that followed the release of the final book in the series, Inheritance, I hadn’t heard of any new projects. ![]()
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