The Stargods Trilogy
Irene Radford
Daw, Jan 6 2015, $18.00
ISBN: 9780756410421
“The Hidden Dragon.” The O'Hara clan resists the Galactic Terran
Empire takeover. The governor declares
them outlaws; taking their business, their home and their citizenship; while their
sister Katie vanishes. Kim, Konner and
Loki become smugglers, but are forced to make a jump into unknown space. They land their damaged ship on a planet
inhabited by colonists who over the centuries turned into a Bronze Age hunting
and gathering society. The brothers build a nation in which the inhabitants
regard them as the Stargods due to their advanced off-world technology.
“The Dragon Circle.” They remain stranded due to a damaged crystal
power source. While on board growing new
crystals, Konnor notices a beacon that will lead the imperial military police
to this world. He believes his ex-wife
Melinda is behind this because she wants to prevent him from gaining custody of
their son Martin.
“The Dragon’s Revenge.” Kim and Konner marry local women but the IMPs
including Katie invade their new home. The
brothers disable their enemy's ship, forcing them to work alongside the natives
if they want to survive. Like her
siblings, Katie adapts to this strange world. Meanwhile Martin flees from his amoral mother seeking
his father. Threatening the planet, Hanassa
the dragon takes control of the body and mind of the IMP leader.
This omnibus reprint of the decade plus old thrilling
Stargod trilogy affirms that Irene Radford’s wonderful science fiction-fantasy amalgam
remains fresh. The key premise is the Bronze
Age natives’ reactions to the technology of space traveling people; the O’Hara
siblings become elevated to Stargod status, while the IMP is considered
Star-demons; and everyone on both sides of the dispute accepts dragons are
deadly adversaries to all humans.
Harriet Klausner
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