The Relentless Moon - Rambling Readers

Paperback, 544 pages

Published July 14, 2020 by Tor Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-23696-8

(2 reviews)

It's 1963, and riots and sabotage plague the space program. The climate change caused by the Meteor is becoming more and more clear, but tensions are rising, and the IAC's goal of getting humanity off Earth is threatened. Astronaut Nicole Wargin lives two lives; one as a politician's wife on Earth, and the other as an astronaut on the newly-established Moon Base. But when sabotage strikes, she finds that her two worlds are colliding - with deadly consequences.

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jkb@books.theunseen.city reviewed The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Other Lady Astronaut

5 stars

At first I was surprised that it was Elma's voice I was reading. But in the end this writer is just wonderful and I found Nicole Wargin a wonderful character to explore.

Like Elma there are secrets to this character that I will not explore. I will say that the time period of the third book takes place at the same time of the second book. You don't need to read book 2 but there is a spoiler in this book if you hadn't read it.

All the characters were great and the Mary Robinette Kowal never shies from either the misogyny nor the racism prevalent for the time period of this book. Nothing is shocking but it's beautifully written and very much a part of 1960s.

I do hope that if Kowal continues the Lady Astronaut series she adds some LGBTQ characters.

Frank Burns reviewed The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal (A Lady Astronaut novel)

Review of 'The Relentless Moon' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This series continues to deliver. This one had a change of POV character, which threw me a little at first. However, in hindsight it was an absolutely necessary choice given the scope of the story being told here. This one is about the establishment of a moon colony with a saboteur in the ranks. Which, given the previous POV character is on a 4 year trip to Mars, required a different perspective to tell the tale. This was an absorbing and entertaining read. Definitely recommended.