Strings

mass market paperback, 311 pages

English language

Published Jan. 14, 1990 by Del Rey.

ISBN:
978-0-345-36191-2
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4 stars (1 review)

Alya has an almost magical talent. Her hunches are never wrong. The scientists of planet 4-I want to use her talent and promise her a spot on the next offworld colonization team in return for her assessment of the potential of the latest worlds they've discovered. But Alya meets Cedric, the grandson of the brilliant and tyrannical director of 4-I and she begins to doubt her own intuition.Cedric has dreamed of becoming a scout and exploring new worlds and when he meets Alya he is more determined than ever to leave 4-I, with her. His grandmother needs him on 4-I, though, because she has schemes afoot to protect her planet and to cover up a murder and she does not intend to let him go. However, she has underestimated her grandson—and the young woman whose intuition is so strong and whose destiny is linked to Cedric's.

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4 stars

I love the way Duncan gives you a young character and so expertly hurls them into these breathtaking situations. he's been doing it well for a quarter of a century and I'm hoping he shows no sign of letting up; I read Strings to commemorate the fact that I put in a pre-order for his next work out in September.

I think chapter 15 was one of my favourites of the book, it sizzled along brilliantly. I did find that Alya was a bit too quick to change gears, that got me a bit, but that's the only niggle in what was truly a story well up there with some of his best.

Subjects

  • Fantasy - General
  • Science Fiction - General
  • Fiction / Fantasy / General
  • Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Science Fiction