![]() ![]() ![]() My friend Sharon Shinn was one of the first to alert me to these books, with her review of the opening volume Grimspace: “Sirantha Jax doesn’t just leap off the page - she storms out, kicking, cursing, and mouthing off. ![]() And one of those is Ann Aquirre’s 6-volume Sirantha Jax cycle, a far-ranging space opera in a well-realized universe that left fans happy with a satisfying concluding volume. Successful series that have wrapped up with a beginning, middle, and an end. But there are a few completed story arcs, out there - not many, but a few. Which leaves me in a bit of a quandary, since most of the adventure SF I like tends to be part of series. I want to fall in love with a series, sure… but do I want to fall for a publishing endeavor with an uncertain future, one that could easily be derailed by an author illness, a fickle market, publishing setbacks or other unexpected tragedy? Who needs that anxiety and potential heartache? Not me I have three teenagers. I love adventure science fiction, but I’m a little shy of all these open ended series. ![]()
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