Book Review
May. 2nd, 2009 06:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariDangerous Offspring
by Steph Swainston
This is the third in Swainston's Jant Comet series, which adeptly combines elements of fantasy and sci-fi. In this volume, Jant and his fellow immortals must deal with a desperate crisis. Their brilliant engineer has built an innovative dam and created an artificial lake with the intention of flooding out the insects from the land they have claimed. However, this project backfires horribly: the large standing pool of standing water causes the Insects to go into a breeding phase (which no one had ever seen before). This novel focuses mainly on the resulting military campaign, which is given a very gritty and suspenseful treatment. SAwainston also works in an very interesting subplot regarding one of the immortal's wayward daughter and the growing conflict between them
Swainston's writing and skill with narrative structure have improved a lot since the first book. In addition to its good action and suspense, Dangerous Offspring deals with the issue of new people and ideas challenging the old order of things.
by Steph Swainston
This is the third in Swainston's Jant Comet series, which adeptly combines elements of fantasy and sci-fi. In this volume, Jant and his fellow immortals must deal with a desperate crisis. Their brilliant engineer has built an innovative dam and created an artificial lake with the intention of flooding out the insects from the land they have claimed. However, this project backfires horribly: the large standing pool of standing water causes the Insects to go into a breeding phase (which no one had ever seen before). This novel focuses mainly on the resulting military campaign, which is given a very gritty and suspenseful treatment. SAwainston also works in an very interesting subplot regarding one of the immortal's wayward daughter and the growing conflict between them
Swainston's writing and skill with narrative structure have improved a lot since the first book. In addition to its good action and suspense, Dangerous Offspring deals with the issue of new people and ideas challenging the old order of things.
