Raven Stratagem

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A Maxim Jakubowski selected title.

A follow-up to the Korean-American author's noted SF debut Ninefox Gambit which has since been shortlisted for various awards and forms the opening sequence of the Machineries of Empire trilogy. This is widescreen baroque space opera in the grand style, with a galactic background that stretches to infinity (thanks to faster than light travel) and six opposing factions eternally in conflict, espionage on a grand scale, mind control, dead Generals implanted into the brains of soldiers, weapons that defy the imagination, aliens, biological modifications, military fleets racing through space, this is the adult version of Star Wars and such and a sheer delight, a rollercoaster ride with the imagination on fire, strewn with a cast of memorable characters, exotic vistas by the bucket and action that never puts the brakes on.

Although Iain Banks is sadly no longer with us, the extravaganzas and thrills of space opera are safer than ever in the hands of authors like Yoon Ha Lee (and our homegrown Alastair Reynolds and Peter Hamilton). ~ Maxim Jakubowski

Reviewed by Maxim Jakubowski
Maxim Jakubowski is a London-based novelist and editor.
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About Raven Stratagem

Captain Kel Cheris is possessed by a long-dead traitor general. Together they must face the rivalries of the hexarchate and a potentially devastating invasion. When the hexarchate's gifted young captain Kel Cheris summoned the ghost of the long-dead General Shuos Jedao to help her put down a rebellion, she didn't reckon on his breaking free of centuries of imprisonment - and possessing her.

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