The Fractured Void

3.5 out of 5 stars I admit that this was a fun and lighthearted romp of a novel. As far as first books in a series go, it fulfilled its function rather well - it introduced the world and the characters that live in it without it ever filling like an infodump. The world is fascinating. We have differe......more

Sometimes what the heart needs is a fun adventure with space pirates, lesbian aliens, heists, murder, and an insufferable mad scientist. Pratt's villains always tend towards the cartoony, and this one was no exception, but the rest of his characters are fleshed out and interesting, and I had a wonde......more

This is the first book of the "Twilight Imperium" series by Tim Pratt. I really liked Tim Pratt's Axiom series and this book is even better. In this one the small crew of the spaceship Temerarious are patrolling a remote colony of the Mentak Coalition when they receive a distress call. They answer t......more