Warp Angel

by Stuart Hopen

Once a ruthless mercenary and assassin in a distant solar system, Magen discovers the ancient faith of her fathers and renounces war, until her husband is abducted by the corrupt Slaver's Guild.

Genres: Science Fiction

288 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1995

Reviews

[Jonathan Miller · Rating 1 out of 5]

Currently I have stopped reading, the world is a bit interesting but the author is a poor writer and the characterization suffers. I think the author is also probably preachy but haven't finished the book.

The basic story is about a future solar system which has been cut off from the earth when FTL travel is ended/closed. Society is a ugly and pointless mess which is often the case in SF books (even Banks, the fact that this would be unpleasant to people (as I imagine them) is ignored), and the story seems to be about how religion might start to add meaning again to society (while value added by religion seems fairly universalist in nature, the main religious characters are Jewish and rediscovering that religion after a genocide/progrom wiped out most Jews some years previous).

The world seems like it might be interesting, but the writing is very poor.

[J · Rating 2 out of 5]

I remember the plot was not particularly interesting. Something about corporate bods, slaves, and a Jewish woman looking for her husband. And the lady on the cover was on another sic-fi book my sister was reading the week after I finished this. Recycled cover art isn't the best sign, especially when it doesn't have much to do with the actual book.

[Stuart Hopen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a novelization of a comic book project published by Fantagraphics Books in 1987, titled the Wandering Stars, which featured art by famed illustrator, Sam Kieth, co-creater of Sandman. A new edition will soon be published by the Misenchanted Press, with new material, and a cover painting by the author.