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Planet Builders #6
Night of Two New Moons
Gauguin's government is being jeopardized by a traitor, and the colony is further shaken when Will Mornette's sister is kidnapped. Sean Mattews knows he has the key to solving both mysteries, but it will mean revealing the source of the psychic current that binds him to his friends.
183 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 28, 1989
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About the author
Robyn Tallis
13 books1 followerPseudonym for a group of authors. The first six books were overseen by Bruce Coville, who wrote the first book. Sherwood Smith oversaw the last four books (the series was originally supposed to be six, then was expanded)
Mountain of Stolen Dreams
Bruce Coville
Night of Ghosts and Lightning
Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald
Rebel from Alphorion
Sherwood Smith
Visions from the Sea
Sherwood Smith
Zero-Sum Games
Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald
Night of Two New Moons
Bruce Coville
Children of the Storm
Mary Frances Zambreno
Horrorvid
Jymn Magon and Bruce Talkington
Giants of Elenna
Sherwood Smith
Fire in the Sky
Sherwood Smith
Mountain of Stolen Dreams
Bruce Coville
Night of Ghosts and Lightning
Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald
Rebel from Alphorion
Sherwood Smith
Visions from the Sea
Sherwood Smith
Zero-Sum Games
Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald
Night of Two New Moons
Bruce Coville
Children of the Storm
Mary Frances Zambreno
Horrorvid
Jymn Magon and Bruce Talkington
Giants of Elenna
Sherwood Smith
Fire in the Sky
Sherwood Smith
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December 13, 2014
Sean is confined to a hospital bed as he recovers from a head injury, but his new experiences with the current that binds him to seven other teenagers means he's far from inactive. His friends know how much he's changed, and despite their connection to him, Sean is desperately afraid of telling them just how much. Sean's knowledge and new abilities could stop disaster from striking the colony. But how can he trust the others when he doesn't want to believe it himself?
As a mid-series book, this forgoes most introduction and jumps right into the plot. Sean and his friends are already familiar with the current that binds them, though Sean uses it more than any of them thanks to his experiences while in a coma. The plot speeds along, wrapping up a sting against a smuggling group and introducing ugly political drama. When Will's baby sister is stolen, their group turns against itself as Will and his father are determined to do anything to get her back.
For what's essentially a light series novel, this had some good exploration of consequences and human nature. The whole cry of someone needing to bear witness is a compelling hook: for all that Sean and the others have seen, they are being asked to bear witness to something greater yet. And it isn't good enough to say "We see it, and we understand." Having the truth, they must take responsibility for it.
On more of a down side, the editing was not very good. Several errors slipped into the text. There was a lot of focus on telling hair and eye color and similar minor details and not so much on showing character traits. The sheer number of main characters sometimes makes it hard to keep track of who's who. The actual traitor felt rather random to me, as though the author had simply picked someone who had been introduced, for a "Bet you never thought it was this person!" effect. Finally, I can only assume the last chapter is a preview chapter for the next book, because it completely breaks continuity with the previous page. It would've been nice if this had been labeled somehow as a preview so I didn't have to wonder why ten new people showed up out of the blue and suddenly everyone's on a sinking ship in the middle of a storm.
Overall, although I started reading this book before I realized it was book 6 in a series, it stood fairly well on its own. Most of the major concepts were clear enough that I could follow along. I would've preferred reading the books in order, and I liked this one enough that I will hunt down the others in the series. I rate this book Recommended.
As a mid-series book, this forgoes most introduction and jumps right into the plot. Sean and his friends are already familiar with the current that binds them, though Sean uses it more than any of them thanks to his experiences while in a coma. The plot speeds along, wrapping up a sting against a smuggling group and introducing ugly political drama. When Will's baby sister is stolen, their group turns against itself as Will and his father are determined to do anything to get her back.
For what's essentially a light series novel, this had some good exploration of consequences and human nature. The whole cry of someone needing to bear witness is a compelling hook: for all that Sean and the others have seen, they are being asked to bear witness to something greater yet. And it isn't good enough to say "We see it, and we understand." Having the truth, they must take responsibility for it.
On more of a down side, the editing was not very good. Several errors slipped into the text. There was a lot of focus on telling hair and eye color and similar minor details and not so much on showing character traits. The sheer number of main characters sometimes makes it hard to keep track of who's who. The actual traitor felt rather random to me, as though the author had simply picked someone who had been introduced, for a "Bet you never thought it was this person!" effect. Finally, I can only assume the last chapter is a preview chapter for the next book, because it completely breaks continuity with the previous page. It would've been nice if this had been labeled somehow as a preview so I didn't have to wonder why ten new people showed up out of the blue and suddenly everyone's on a sinking ship in the middle of a storm.
Overall, although I started reading this book before I realized it was book 6 in a series, it stood fairly well on its own. Most of the major concepts were clear enough that I could follow along. I would've preferred reading the books in order, and I liked this one enough that I will hunt down the others in the series. I rate this book Recommended.
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