The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe #3)

by Mary Robinette Kowal

FAMINE SAID TO IMPERIL LIVES OF THOUSANDS IN JAVA AREA SEMARANG, Indonesia,

Fuck. This book is so fucking depressing.

the relentless noon

Almost the title.

She laughed and then sobered. I saw the sympathy coming before I could stop her. “I’m so sorry for your loss.” “Thank you, that’s very kind.” I looked at the floor and did not cry. “He was the love of my life.”

She is such a emotional deflector! At some point she is going to have to deal with her grief.

Up close, the ship was pocked with micrometeorite strikes. Each had raised a tiny ridge of knifelike blades around the impact points. Myrtle stood in front of the ladder. “I don’t like the idea of climbing that.” The suits had twenty-one layers, each designed to keep us safe in a different way. In theory, they could stop an 8mm round. But the gloves … those were more vulnerable because they had to be flexible. They were puncture resistant, yes, but this was just our first stop. Spending a day pressing my gloves against tiny knives was not appealing.

I love these little details of how life really will be: dangers that we don’t have to think about here on earth.

“Madame President.

She’s the President?!?!