2018 science fiction novel by Brad R. Torgersen
A Star-Wheeled Sky is a 2018 science fiction novel by Brad R. Torgersen and published by Baen Books. It won Best Science Fiction Novel at the 2019 Dragon Awards and has received mixed-to-positive reviews.
Plot.
It has been thousands of years since humanity left a ruined Earth. Many of them settled within the Waywork, a system of about 50 star systems connected by a set of wormholes. The Waywork has been completely explored for hundreds of years, and the settled systems are bursting at the seams. One day, a new waypoint appears on the border between two warring factions. This causes a rush between the two to see who can lay claim to the new system and its resources.
Reception.
"A Star-Wheeled Sky" received mixed-to-positive reviews. Mike Lardas, of "The Daily News" called "A Star-Wheeled Sky" "marvelous sci-fi entertainment" and stated it "offer[ed] a fresh take on interstellar conflict". "The Substrate Wars" called it an "engaging, readable beginning to a series", full of "space battles, believable characters, [and] intriguing worldbuilding". On the other hand, "Looking for a Good Book" said that the military science fiction aspect "[shone] brightest here", but that the characters were only "okay" and that "it won’t likely excite too many readers".
"A Star-Wheeled Sky" won Best Science Fiction Novel at the 2019 Dragon Awards.
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