Pirate Sun, Karl Schroeder
Pirate Sun, Karl Schroeder
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Pirate Sun
Book Three of Virga

Author: Karl Schroeder

Series: Virga #3

Narrator: Joyce Irvine, David Thorn

Unabridged: 10 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/05/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Return to Virga, a bubble universe artificially separated from our own future universe, and the setting of Sun of Suns and Queen of Candesce.

Chaison Fanning, the admiral of a fleet of warships, has been captured and imprisoned by his enemies, but is suddenly rescued and set free. He flees through the sky to his home city to confront the ruler who betrayed him. And perhaps even to regain his lovely, powerful, and subversive wife, Venera, who he has not seen since she fled with the key to the artificial sun at the center of Virga, Candesce.

With Pirate Sun, Schroeder sets a whole new standard for hard science fiction space opera.

About Karl Schroeder

KARL SCHROEDER is a professional futurist as well as one of Canada's most popular science fiction and fantasy authors. He divides his time between writing and conducting workshops and speaking on the potential impacts of science and technology on society. He is the author of The Million, as well as a half-dozen previous SF novels.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Belarius on March 05, 2009

On the surface, there's a lot to like about Pirate Sun, the third of Karl Schroeder's Virga books. Unlike the second book (Queen of Candesce), which seemed to progress orthogonally from the plot of the first book (Sun of Suns), this new installment picks up loose ends established early in the series......more

Goodreads review by Kara on August 26, 2010

Few authors manage to win me over the way Karl Schroeder has done. After the mediocre Sun of Suns, Venera Fanning's con game in Queen of Candesce impressed me enough to do an almost complete about-face. So it was with eager anticipation that I started the third book in the Virga series, anxi......more

Goodreads review by Jesse on May 11, 2010

Karl Schroeder's Virga is the most interesting world in science fiction right now. After Sun of Suns I thought I would be willing to read books in that world forever. It was grand adventure, beautiful, filled with action, great characters, great character arcs, and an absolutely stunning setting to......more

Goodreads review by Forrest on February 08, 2012

Karl Schroeder’s Virga series caught my eye a few years back with its intriguing blend of hard sci-fi and medieval humanity. I’ve always been interested in media that explores humanity’s reaction to discovering that an underling truth of their world is false: The Matrix, Scrapped Princess, and now t......more

Goodreads review by Paul on March 09, 2023

This book follows Chaison Fanning in the time period somewhat parallel to, but mostly after the events of Queen of Candesce. I was never too attached to any one character, so I don't really mind the fact that Schroeder is doing whole books devoted to mainly one character's story, rather than the......more

Quotes

“Oh, what world-building! Schroeder is a master.” —Cory Doctorow

“Outrageously brilliant and absolutely not to be missed.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review on Sun of Suns

“I loved it. It never slowed down. The background is fascinating and the characters held my attention. It reminded me a little of The Integral Trees, with technology a little more advanced.” —Larry Niven, author of Ringworld, on Sun of Suns

“One of our most ingenious devisers of exotic, fantastic settings as well as a spinner of ripping yarns.… Schroeder's world-building, storytelling, and character-drawing chops seem strong enough to give even Known Space run for its money.” —Locus on Queen of Candesce

“A classic space opera…full of feudal castles and wooden ships, ancient compasses, old revolvers, and frothing beakers on one hand, and flying bikes, space travel, and cyborgs on the other.” —Toronto Globe and Mail on Sun of Suns

“Oh, what worldbuilding! Schroeder is a master.” —Cory Doctorow on Sun of Suns

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