Promises Stronger Than Darkness by Charlie Jane AndersMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Charlie Jane Anders sticks the landing in the third and final novel of the Unstoppable space opera trilogy, now with higher stakes than each of the first two books combined and an even wider variety of POV characters. Not only do we get Tina (at last, back in the spotlight!) and Elza and Rachael returning from previous installments, but also the likes of Kez (now openly genderfluid, so their pronoun changes get signaled every few chapters) and Wyndgonk (with unique fire pronouns and at least nine eyes to go around.) But while this band of space captains (including a few co captain jokes referencing Legends of Tomorrow, a favorite show of Anders’s if I remember correctly) has to face the scarily psychoactive villain Marrant for the final time, it’s the alleged hero Thaoh Argentian causing the most problems to start, because she clearly learned a bit of ethics from the Lightbournes on The 100. But Anders, while delving into thorny issues a time or two, brings the book and the trilogy to a very gloriously uplifting ending, and to this series I now bid ave atque vale.
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