Station Eternity, Mur Lafferty
Station Eternity, Mur Lafferty
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Station Eternity

Author: Mur Lafferty

Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Unabridged: 15 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 10/04/2022


Synopsis

Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove her to live on an alien space station, but her problems still follow her in this witty, self-aware novel that puts a speculative spin on murder mysteries, from the Hugo-nominated author of Six Wakes.

From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban landscapes, Mallory Viridian is constantly embroiled in murder cases that only she has the insight to solve. But outside of a classic mystery novel, being surrounded by death doesn’t make you a charming amateur detective, it makes you a suspect and a social pariah. So when Mallory gets the opportunity to take refuge on a sentient space station, she thinks she has the solution. Surely the murders will stop if her only company is alien beings. At first her new existence is peacefully quiet…and markedly devoid of homicide.
 
But when the station agrees to allow additional human guests, Mallory knows the break from her peculiar reality is over. After the first Earth shuttle arrives, and aliens and humans alike begin to die, the station is thrown into peril. Stuck smack-dab in the middle of an extraterrestrial whodunit, and wondering how in the world this keeps happening to her anyway, Mallory has to solve the crime—and fast—or the list of victims could grow to include everyone on board….

About The Author

Mur Lafferty is an author, podcaster, and editor. She has been nominated for many awards, and even won a few. She lives in Durham, NC with her family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary Robinette on January 17, 2022

What a glorious romp. Murder, sentient space stations, and banter. It had everything I wanted.......more

Goodreads review by PamG on September 21, 2023

Mur Lafferty infuses Station Eternity, the first book in the Midsolar Murders series, with danger, murder, a sentient space station, and a great premise - Everywhere Mallory Viridian goes a murder occurs and she has the insight to solve the case. When she gets the opportunity to take refuge on S......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on September 18, 2022

3.0 stars While this is another sci-fi mystery, like Six Wakes, Eternity Station is very different than the author's previous novel. The tone of this one is much more light and a little absurd. I struggled a lot with the main character. I don't mind unlikeable characters in thrillers, but I felt like......more

Goodreads review by Trish on June 04, 2023

*sighs* Don't you just hate it when a story has great potential and then you see it crash and burn? Yeah, me too. Mallory is somehow a magnet for murders. No, she's not the actual murderer. But it means she has a lot of explaining to do and not many people listening to her. So she ran. Again and agai......more

Goodreads review by Mara on July 10, 2022

3.5 stars - The conceit of this (an amateur sleuth who finds murder wherever she goes a la Jessica Fletcher or Miss Marple runs away to a space station to avoid any more murders around her) just totally won me over and I think the book mostly delivered on the promise of that premise. If you are a lo......more


Quotes

“What a glorious romp. Murder, sentient space stations, and banter. It had everything I wanted.”—Mary Robinette Kowal, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Calculating Stars

“A science fiction mystery has to nail both the science fiction and the mystery, and this book passes both tests with flying colors. As bingeable and satisfying as your favorite murder show. I couldn't put it down.”—Sarah Pinsker, Nebula Award-winning author of A Song For A New Day and We Are Satellites

“Lafferty's characters stomp off the page, kicking ass and taking names as they do. If Jessica Fletcher ended up on Babylon Five, you still wouldn't get anywhere close to this deft, complicated, fast-moving book. Station Eternity kept me up way too late turning pages.”—T. Kingfisher, Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning author of Paladin's Grace and Nettle & Bone

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A super entertaining read with great character development, neat aliens, and an engaging plot.”—Buzzfeed

“Mur Lafferty is turning into science fiction's Agatha Christie, with her mastery of ensemble casts and deft characterizations. Station Eternity builds a whole new universe of alien civilizations and wraps it all in an engaging mystery. This fun, fast-paced novel is sure to please fans of both Six Wakes and Solo.”—S.B. Divya, Hugo and Nebula nominated author of Machinehood

"A clever and suspenseful sci-fi mystery, with intriguing characters and attentive worldbuilding. ”—Library Journal (starred review)

“The Midsolar Murders series starter offers fascinating world building, a complex mystery, a devious espionage plot, and delightful interactions with a multitude of alien species that fans of science fiction and compelling mysteries will savor while they anticipate the next installment.”—Booklist (starred review)

"Station Eternity balances both the science fiction elements--meeting aliens, understanding how to work with them--and the mystery elements very evenly; it genuinely works as both genres (and works best as both). I'm already looking forward to however many more of these stories we get, because it was just so much fun."—Locus

“Mur Lafferty proves once again that she has the rare talent to blend and bend the sister genres of mystery and science fiction.   She gathers her cast of characters, both humans and exuberantly-imagined aliens, onto a sentient space station whose identity problems may cause the deaths of all aboard.  Meet resourceful and mordant sleuth Mallory, already cursed with being a serial witness to murder, who’s in a race to solve the mystery of Station Eternity and avert an interstellar fiasco.  Smart and sassy, here’s the book that will blast you to orbit.”—James Patrick Kelly, winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards