Lost Solace

Science fiction is an easy genre to botch. Too much techno-garble, too little research, too much world building or an overabundant cast of characters; I find most authors lose the core of their story within the infinite array of possibilities they're incapable of leaving alone. Drinkwater's latest i......more

I am a sucker for action in a sci-fi thriller, and this book had it all. Karl Drinkwater gave me few hours of absolute bliss where my mind could traverse space and spend time with the main character Opal and her stolen spaceship with an intelligent AI, Clarissa. Traversing in space, they suddenly cam......more

[URL not allowed] I love how, with the help of a writer’s words, our imagination can take us anywhere at all. For a couple of days I’ve been in deep space, confronting all sorts of challenges that have taken me to the edge of life and back, all done with the assistance of a 6th......more

It would be fair to preface this review by stating that it mainly reflects the lack of chemistry than any fault of the author per se. I just don’t care for military sci fi, at all. Or military other things for that matter. I was hoping for something like a ghost spaceship and this turned out to be m......more

Well, after reading Helene, I wanted to know what happened to Opal and Via . . . . and now I know what happened next - though the story continues on in Chasing Solace and I'm looking forward to reading that, too! This is a superbly crafted science fiction adventure with a feisty, resilient heroine, O......more