Queen of Candesce, Karl Schroeder
Queen of Candesce, Karl Schroeder
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Queen of Candesce
Book Two of Virga

Author: Karl Schroeder

Series: Virga #2

Narrator: Joyce Irvine

Unabridged: 12 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/11/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Venera Fanning was last seen falling into nothingness at the end of Sun of Suns. Now, in Queen of Candesce, Venera finds herself plunging through the air among the artificial worlds of Virga, far from home and her husband, who may or may not be alive. Landing in the ancient nation of Spyre, Venera encounters new enemies and new friends (or at least convenient allies). She must quickly learn who she can trust, and who she can manipulate in order to survive.

Survival isn't her only goal; with the powerful Key of Candesce in her hands, she can control the fate of the entire world of Virga, yet something even more pressing is driving her—the all consuming need for revenge.

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 Infosifter on December 19, 2022

This was serialized in Analog, which is where I read it. I didn't realize it was part of a series, and I don't know if the first book was serialized earlier but in any case I don't have access to older issues of the magazine. This started out well in terms of world-building and depicts quite a bizar......more

Goodreads review by Peter on December 06, 2021

Queen of Candesce (Virga Book 2) by Karl Schroeder Please give my Amazon review a helpful vote - [URL not allowed]-re... This is a call-back to classic science fiction with big ideas and swashbuckling. Virga is a planet-sized, gas-filled bag in space. It lacks gravity. It is inhabit......more

Goodreads review by Florin on September 13, 2020

I've got a suspicion the author had an eye on the YA market when he wrote this novel. :)......more

Goodreads review by Jesse on March 24, 2010

Karl Schroeder is probably the best science fiction writer still writing today. He also happens to be one of those sadly under-appreciated writers. I think his low number of fans is probably due to the fact that his books are hard to quantify. His ideas are so big that they can't be described in a f......more

Goodreads review by Kara on March 09, 2010

I read Karl Schroeder's Sun of Suns almost a year ago and liked it but didn't love it. Queen of Candesce, in addition to standing by itself, has made me wonder if I was uncharitable to the first book. I honestly enjoyed Queen of Candesce every step of the way. There is no question that Schroeder's Vi......more

Quotes

“Oh, what worldbuilding! Schroeder is a master.” —Cory Doctorow

“Lushly realized . . . Queen of Candesce has a backdrop that's simultaneously steampunk and space opera, a complex and believably flawed lead character, and plenty of action and intrigue.” —Interzone

“With Queen of Candesce, Karl Schroeder's Virga saga establishes itself as an SF saga of the same order as LeGuin's Earthsea series, Asimov's Robot stories, and Niven's Ringworld stories.” —SFRevu

“Over the years, science-fiction has provided us with awesome environments, the best ones based on careful logic. There was Hal Clement's Mission of Gravity and Robert Forward's Dragon's Egg. Karl Schroeder's new novel is in a class with these masterpieces.” —Vernor Vinge on Sun of Suns

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