#stark holborn

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I stared, trying to recall the last time I had eaten with my mouth, rather than filling the feed tank in my system with corpse-starch. But Holt, she opened her jaw and dropped the morsel in, synthetic tongue bifurcating to wrap around it. Her dark flesh eye closed in seeming bliss before she casually spat something into her hand: a neat parcel of tough flesh and bones, which she tossed over her shoulder.

'Waste pellets,' she explained, raising her goblet. 'An efficient way to extract flavour. I got the idea from owls.' From: Nightfall of Stygies, Stark Holborn

[chickensaredoodling]

Inktober #27 Was drawing at the author's panel at BristolCon and the writers really liked it!

[fullibooked]

Doc. Ten. Life. Whatever name you call her, she thought she was done with it.

Living as a lonely medic out on the edge of civilisation, (if anyone can call an outer moon civilisation) she was hoping to spend her years adding numbers to the score of people she's saved. But conflict is coming over the horizon whether Ten is ready or not. Those she called friends are in grave peril. With rebellion, sinister tycoons sniffing around the mysteries of Them, and the Accord losing its grip, the dusty, deadly moon that Ten somehow calls home is becoming even more dangerous. And there's another name, yet unknown, drawing closer… Hel.

Book two, following Ten Low, and oh my god. I had forgotten how ballsy this space opera is. Faulty tech, lots of guns, weird things waiting in the dust storms, chances and choices, slavery and prisoners and capitalism gone wild. There's no stopping this bombshell of a book.

I fear saying anything else will be spoilery, and it's far too good to spoil. But let's just say that the Them (in italics) is my absolutely favourite part of this series. It is all so interesting, and I was itching to read this one when it came out. I highly recommend. I made some coins for the occasion. Don't worry, my thoughts are clear.

[fullibooked]

Ten Low by Stark Holborn is filled with sand, gun fights, saloons, overworked mules, a marshal, a fair amount of alcohol, and a lot of hiding beneath the brim of a large hat. So it makes perfect sense for this to be a science fiction book set on the outskirts of a galaxy at war. A war that uses implant and enhancement technology to turn children into generals. Somehow this story blends the feel of a dusty western town with the horror of surviving a tech driven war. Guilt, grief, fear, doubt, loyalty, courage, and just the touch of the supernatural (or I suppose alien) fill this desert planet up to the brim. I think if I were watching this as a movie, and constantly seeing a 13 (ish) year old carry herself like a high ranking officer, the General would have felt a lot more brutal, but regardless this book has a clear power to its characters and a lot of sharp action. The first aid kit is for Ten Low, to replace the medic bag she lost.

[rosemariecawkwell]

TBR Pile Review: Ninth Life, by Stark Holborn

Format: 416 pages, PaperbackPublished: July 23, 2024 by Titan BooksISBN:9781803362984 (ISBN10: 1803362987) After forty years of wreaking havoc across the galaxy, the outlaw Nine Lives – AKA Former General Gabriella Ortiz – has finally run out of lives. Shot down into a backwater at the system’s edge, she is rescued by Deputy Air Marshall Havemercy Grey. Hav is a true soul, trying to uphold what…

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I'm reading Ten Low by Stark Holborn and recently started listening to Midst, and am I the only one who gets similar vibes. People who've read & listened to both do you get it? It can't just be me?

[rosemariecawkwell]

TBR Pile Review: Hel's Eight, by Stark Holborn

Format: 352 pages, PaperbackPublished: March 28, 2023 by Titan BooksISBN: 9781803362298 (ISBN10: 1803362294) Blurb Ten Low and her ragtag comrades take on an ultra-rich tycoon who owns entire planets in this high-octane clash of law and lawlessness across the stars, for fans of Gideon the Ninth , Anne Leckie and Becky Chambers. Who controls the future, controls it all… Ten “Doc” Low is a…

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TBR Pile Review: Ten Low, by Stark Holborn

Format: 332 pages, PaperbackPublished: June 1, 2021 by Titan BooksISBN: 9781789096620 (ISBN10: 1789096626) Blurb Ten Low is eking out a living at the universe’s edge. An ex-medic, ex-con, desperate to escape her memories of the war, she still hasn’t learnt that no good deed goes unpunished. Attempting to atone for her sins, she pulls a teenage girl from a crashed lifecraft. But Gabriella Ortiz…

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