The themes are universal, and it is more than standard science fare.

'This story shows the importance of truth and that every choice has consequences. 'Like the best mid-20th-century science fiction, this entertaining adventure delivers the thrilling plot, effortless worldbuilding, compulsive readability, and indefinable 'sense of wonder' of grand masters like Heinlein and Asimov (but with decidedly updated sensibilities).' Haunting and mesmerizing, this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Wild Swans fuses all the heart of the classic tale with a stunning, imaginative world in which a star-crossed family fights for its very survival. With the tenuous balance of the planets deeply intertwined with her brothers' survival, just how much is Liddi willing to sacrifice to bring them back? But without her voice, Liddi must use every bit of her strength and wit to convince Tiav that her mission is true. And when their captor implants a device in Liddi's vocal cords to monitor her speech, their lives are in her hands: One word, and her brothers are dead.ĭesperate to save her family from a desolate future, Liddi travels to another world, where she meets the one person who might have the skills to help her bring her eight brothers home-a handsome dignitary named Tiav.

Her older brothers have been caught as well, trapped in the conduits between the planets. Liddi escapes, only to be pulled into an interplanetary conspiracy more complex than she ever could have imagined. So when a group of men shows up at her house uninvited, she assumes it's just the usual media-grubs.

But as the only daughter in the most powerful tech family in the galaxy, it's hard to escape it. Sixteen-year-old heiress and paparazzi darling Liddi Jantzen hates the spotlight.

Spinning starlight by rc lewis