Cheris's best hope is to ally with the undead tactician Shuos Jedao.

If the fortress falls, the hexarchate itself might be next. Cheris's career isn't the only thing at stake. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem herself by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress that has recently been captured by heretics. Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. To win an impossible war Captain Kel Cheris must awaken an ancient weapon and a despised traitor general. The first installment of the trilogy, Ninefox Gambit, centers on disgraced captain Kel Cheris, who must recapture the formidable Fortress of Scattered Needles in order to redeem herself in front of the Hexarchate.

Hopefully less time between blogs too.In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account. 'Doc' Smith selection and maybe one more. I'm hoping to get through my current E.E. What's next? Another work trip will put me on airplanes for several hours this week. But a little work to get the most from it. Ultimately, though, the scale of the story is a bit big for a RPG game to try to follow. Also, if you like the Spiritualist class in Pathfinder, you could use this as a guideline for a sci-fi Spiritualist class. So it will leave you hanging just a bit.įrom a game standpoint, there are some good things in here. Once you get past that, the book is a good read. The author could have used a short chapter explaining the concept. Honestly, I found the book a little hard to get into until I realized that. The author refers to this as manipulating the calendar. This is a basic concept underlying a lot of the book and it's plot. Now suppose for a moment that science had advanced enough to not only be predictive, but to enable physice to be manipulated by technology. Classic astrology is based on the premise that the position of the stars during certain events on earth can have effects or be predictive (like a horoscope). The difference here is in some metaphysical stuff that I found difficult to follow at first. The book in a lot of ways has direct ties to classic space opera. The novel has some really scary high tech weapons on some really deadly battlefields. She gets noticed for some unorthodox tactics on a battlefield and quickly finds herself embroiled in galaxy spanning plots. The main character, Cheris, is an infantry officer who's a bit more than she seems. I found this recommendation on the Paizo message boards while trying to get book recommendations from the future Starfinder RPG. Yoon Ha Lee is a Korean Sci-fi author who's making some inroads in the US book market. Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee - Solaris (2016) Wasn't sure what to expect with this one.

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