Book Review: Six Wakes by Mur Rafferty
(Four Stars)
“Having a second clone is highly illegal, right?” “Well, so is murder, but that doesn’t stop people.”
Thought-provoking science fiction about trust, murder, and what it means to be human. Rafferty dumps the cast and reader right into the first crisis–blood and bodies floating everywhere who-knows-how-far from earth on a colonization ship with hundreds of sleeping humans and a brain-dead AI. What else could go wrong? Plenty.
“The greatest gift a creature can give another is that of sacrifice. Clones can’t sacrifice.”
Classic locked-room murder mystery; almost everyone has motive and means. Then the lights go out. Despite a diverse crew, all shared Continue reading
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