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Sentients of Orion #2
Chaos Space
Having fled the invasion on Araldis, Mira Fedor seeks aid from the nearest Orion League planet, but authorities there want her bioship Insignia. While Mira flees from world to world, Araldis burns. Why is initiate Tekton so careful just to acquire a mineral alloy? Why do so many protagonists have links to the Stain Wars? And what does the Sole Entity -God- want?
432 pages, Paperback
First published November 6, 2008
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Marianne de Pierres
37 books488 followersMarianne de Pierres is the award winning author of the acclaimed Parrish Plessis, Sentients of Orion and Peacemaker science fiction series.
Marianne is an active supporter of genre fiction and has mentored many writers. She lives in Brisbane, Australia. Her Night Creatures series, Burn Bright, Angel Arias and Shine Light has been very popular among young adult fiction readers.
Marianne is also the Davitt award-winning author of the Tara Sharp humourous crime series under the pseudonym Marianne Delacourt.
Visit her websites at:
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www.colonelthorn.home.blog
Marianne is an active supporter of genre fiction and has mentored many writers. She lives in Brisbane, Australia. Her Night Creatures series, Burn Bright, Angel Arias and Shine Light has been very popular among young adult fiction readers.
Marianne is also the Davitt award-winning author of the Tara Sharp humourous crime series under the pseudonym Marianne Delacourt.
Visit her websites at:
www.mariannedepierres.com
www.mariannedepierresbooksforchildren...
www.burnbright.com.au
www.glitterrose.wordpress.com
www.sentientsoforion.com
www.colonelthorn.home.blog
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July 23, 2014
Middle book in the Sentients of Orion trilogy, Chaos Space suffers a little bit from the "middle book" syndrome being a way station after the setup in Dark Spaces to the grand finale in book 3, and the ending reflects that the most, being just an arbitrary stop point after its 5 threads finally converge, to split back again.
Full of sense of wonder and much more balanced than Dark Space which concentrated too much on the backwater of Araldis at the expense of the "big picture", though still a bit hard to get into with the far future jargon and all, Chaos Space is a worthy addition to the wide-screen modern space opera canon and I enjoyed it a lot with the caveat above that nothing is solved and the ending is arbitrary, based more on page count than on story logic.
Volume 3 should be a real cracker.
Note - reread in December 09 after original read in 08 confirmed my opinion above; great space opera
Note - second reread in November 2012 as the series is ready to be released in the US and I want to finally read the last volume (somehow it slipped through the cracks though I bought it on publication and then I tried once or twice to start it and I realized I need to reread volumes 2 and 3 as I remembered only the outline of what came before)
Very entertaining and making one turn pages even in the 3rd read; this series is excellent at least from volume 2 on - I actually liked volume 1 too, but it is more planet bound with fewer characters and I see why people may like it less - and hopefully the US release will give it a higher profile
Here is the original FBC rv
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Full of sense of wonder and much more balanced than Dark Space which concentrated too much on the backwater of Araldis at the expense of the "big picture", though still a bit hard to get into with the far future jargon and all, Chaos Space is a worthy addition to the wide-screen modern space opera canon and I enjoyed it a lot with the caveat above that nothing is solved and the ending is arbitrary, based more on page count than on story logic.
Volume 3 should be a real cracker.
Note - reread in December 09 after original read in 08 confirmed my opinion above; great space opera
Note - second reread in November 2012 as the series is ready to be released in the US and I want to finally read the last volume (somehow it slipped through the cracks though I bought it on publication and then I tried once or twice to start it and I realized I need to reread volumes 2 and 3 as I remembered only the outline of what came before)
Very entertaining and making one turn pages even in the 3rd read; this series is excellent at least from volume 2 on - I actually liked volume 1 too, but it is more planet bound with fewer characters and I see why people may like it less - and hopefully the US release will give it a higher profile
Here is the original FBC rv
http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com...
June 10, 2011
I devoured this book and was sad when I reached the end and didn't have books 3 and 4 to dive right into. Just when you think you have a character figured out, they surprise you with another layer. Again, Marianne's gift for description was so good, I could actually smell the scenery. Can't wait to read 3 & 4!
October 3, 2018
I began to read this one a bit hesitantly after finishing the first one, Dark Space. But I was pleasently surprised. Maybe I had become more familiar with the characters, but this one seemed to make a lot more sense. I was picturing what was happening and becoming involved and feeling for the characters a lot more. The introduction of the philosopher, Thales, also lightened the book. I found myself diving right into the parts about him. He is a thoroughly interesting character, which I would love to learn more about. All in all, I quite enjoyed it.
April 29, 2020
DNF after struggling with Book 1. Almost all characters, especially male ones, are confusing or repulsive.
May 31, 2012
I loved reading Chaos Space. Yet I can't figure out a good way to review it, without spoilers or going too much into summary mode. So I'm going to keep it brief (maybe)
This is part of a four book series. There are quite a few main characters - and each one is written wonderfully. Each character has her/his own voice, and own personalities. Some are people you'd love to know and some are people you'd love to punch. In fact, a couple new characters are introduced and yet it never felt overwhelming to me.
In the first novel, Mira ran from her college (in the books, this is called something else) to avoid having gene surgery. At the end of the last novel, she had finally met up with the biozoon - the sentient space ship of the family - the one that was to be given to Trin, even though Mira was the one with the ability to connect to the ship.
The planet that her aunt lived on, where she ended up, and ironically that Trin ended up also - is attacked. Chaos space is the story of how they escape - the story of how they get in the position for Mira to take the Biozoon and leave the planet to ask for help. Trin has led survivors into caves to hide and wait for rescue.
At the same time JoJo has problems of his own-searching for his ship, and Tekton is also going through his own set of problems - though they are vastly different from Mira and Trin's problems. And Sole, the godlike entity that JoJo came across - it's just trippy. There are long range plans that Sole has, and they might not be good for the beings of all the planets.
Besides all the plotting and subplotting that dePierres weaves throughout each other, she does a brilliant, genius job with world building. Each society that her characters come from has intricate behaviours, rules, and societies - and yet she manages to convey all without large infodumping. Even the knowledge that is needed to understand what is happening is layered in within the story - it's done so subtly that it's painless reading. Such a refreshing read - it's loaded with intricate plotting, tech, knowledge and yet it's smooth reading. You can become immersed and next thing you know - the book is over. I have enjoyed all of Marianne de Pierres scifi novels.
This is part of a four book series. There are quite a few main characters - and each one is written wonderfully. Each character has her/his own voice, and own personalities. Some are people you'd love to know and some are people you'd love to punch. In fact, a couple new characters are introduced and yet it never felt overwhelming to me.
In the first novel, Mira ran from her college (in the books, this is called something else) to avoid having gene surgery. At the end of the last novel, she had finally met up with the biozoon - the sentient space ship of the family - the one that was to be given to Trin, even though Mira was the one with the ability to connect to the ship.
The planet that her aunt lived on, where she ended up, and ironically that Trin ended up also - is attacked. Chaos space is the story of how they escape - the story of how they get in the position for Mira to take the Biozoon and leave the planet to ask for help. Trin has led survivors into caves to hide and wait for rescue.
At the same time JoJo has problems of his own-searching for his ship, and Tekton is also going through his own set of problems - though they are vastly different from Mira and Trin's problems. And Sole, the godlike entity that JoJo came across - it's just trippy. There are long range plans that Sole has, and they might not be good for the beings of all the planets.
Besides all the plotting and subplotting that dePierres weaves throughout each other, she does a brilliant, genius job with world building. Each society that her characters come from has intricate behaviours, rules, and societies - and yet she manages to convey all without large infodumping. Even the knowledge that is needed to understand what is happening is layered in within the story - it's done so subtly that it's painless reading. Such a refreshing read - it's loaded with intricate plotting, tech, knowledge and yet it's smooth reading. You can become immersed and next thing you know - the book is over. I have enjoyed all of Marianne de Pierres scifi novels.
March 28, 2010
This kicks off where Dark Space left off...Mira is heading to the nearest Orion League world for help while Trin leads the survivors to the islands and hopefull safety, Jo-Jo is still looking for his ship and the scum that stole it, Tekton is still a total dick and Sole is...well we still don't know enough about what Sole is or what Sole wants.
We are also introduced to Thales Berniere, the effete husband of the daughter of a planet's rulers, who is searching for a new purtpose in his life. We also meet Laspar "Carnage" Farr, veteran of the Stain Wars and now leader of Consilience, a separatist group with its own agenda.
Certainly enough to keep the story bobbing along at a good pace. Can't wait for the next instalment.
We are also introduced to Thales Berniere, the effete husband of the daughter of a planet's rulers, who is searching for a new purtpose in his life. We also meet Laspar "Carnage" Farr, veteran of the Stain Wars and now leader of Consilience, a separatist group with its own agenda.
Certainly enough to keep the story bobbing along at a good pace. Can't wait for the next instalment.
January 6, 2016
Having fled the invasion on Araldis, Mira Fedor travels to the nearest Orion League planet seeking aid for her devastated world, but the authorities seem more interested in stealing her bio-ship, Insignia, than in rendering help. While Mira flees from world to world, Araldis burns. Why is the initiate Tekton taking such extreme measures just to acquire a mineral alloy? Why do so many of the protagonists in this galaxy-wide drama have links to the Stain Wars? And what part does the Sole Entity—literally, God—have to play?
finally the various strands of Dark Space start to come together. although i liked this better than Dark Space, i still didnt really _like_ this book, it was merely ok.
finally the various strands of Dark Space start to come together. although i liked this better than Dark Space, i still didnt really _like_ this book, it was merely ok.
January 5, 2015
I admit that I despaired for humanity in Chaos Space. The decencies were rare and often begrudging. But, by the middle of the book, the characters started to come together in one place and I felt hopeful. This second installment in the series moved the story along, but also ended in a cliffhanger. That means, of course, that I’ll be reading the next book to find out what happens next.
February 7, 2010
I love the character development. This series makes me more and more anxious to read more all the time. I really want the characters to be more, to be stronger, and I completely fee the author is intending that, addressing that, and I'm perhaps overly excited to read book 3.
July 20, 2011
Not as good at the first episode but definatly want to find out how the political intrigue unfolds.
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August 3, 2011If this series takes any longer to conclude I may kill myself. I will read the next book to see if it finally ties any of the loose ends.
May 18, 2012
Following on from Dark Space, this books keeps you hooked. I love following the stories of each character and how they are all drawn together.
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