The Peyti Crisis: Anniversary Day Saga
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
WMG, Mar 10, 2915, $18.99
ISBN: 9781561466160
Five decades before the horrific Anniversary Day terrorist attacks
on the moon; at an Earth Alliance Prison employee Didier Conte enlists the help
of reluctant coworker Jhena Andre. He
asks Jhena to bring evidence bags to the containment cell so that Didier can
remove something of value from mass murderer PierLuigi Fremont, who just
committed suicide rather than remain incarcerated isolation. Didier plans to sell what he took to
Fremont’s fanatic followers.
On the moon’s fourth Anniversary Day, a wave of bombings leaves
thousands dead. The Moon's head of
security Noelle DeRicci partially thwarts a follow-up by suicide bombing Peyti
lawyer clones to kill millions more though many of the attorneys’ clients die
alongside them. She works with Retrieval
Artist Miles Flint and Detective Bartholomew Nyquist in search of the terrorist
leadership and logistical support cells.
At the same time frustrated and angry over how close his beloved wife
and child came to dying, powerful Luc Deshin also investigates using sources
unavailable to the law. He concludes
that he, Flint and DeRicci need to team up to expedite efforts to uncover who
planned and oversaw the terrorist execution.
The
fantastic fifth Anniversary Day Saga science fiction continues the superb
monthly releases (see Search & Recovery, Anniversary Day, Blowback and A Murder of Clones) that
brilliantly push forward a completed climatic storyline while also adding depth
to the overarching theme. Filled with
action and a strong cast especially the lead threesome, Kristine Kathryn Rusch enhances her plot
with a timely look at whether a clone should be considered a citizen. This outer space tale is another triumphant
entry in one of the top science fiction sagas in recent years.
Harriet
Klausner
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