To The Last Page

There's a lot to take on board when you start any new epic science-fiction series and there can often be some initial confusion about making sense of the new worlds, new technology, new religions, warring factions and a troubled history leading up to the current crisis. Any SF reader will be used to that and remain confident that all will become clear and that in the meantime they will hopefully be presented with an exciting situation with compelling characters and ideas. Bethany Jacobs, in her debut novel, can be relied upon to deliver just that in These Burning Stars , with the promise of more exciting adventures to come in the rest of her Kindom Trilogy. In the first volume we are in the Treble, three star systems which have been colonised in an ancient past from a now largely unknown background. What we do know is that there are several rival families and religious divides and that the three adjoining star systems are connected through jump gates that were fueled by jevite, a m...