Book Reviews

Book Blurb

Twenty-five years after its disappearance, the long-haul freighter Lightning Girl returns to Earth with only two passengers left alive. Ash and Trev were lovers when catastrophe befell the freighter, but after twenty-five years of solitude and starvation, things may never be the same between them again.

 

 
First edition published by Changeling Press, January 2011.

Book Review

This third volume in the ‘Solar Flare’ series starts right where the second one left off – with vampire Trev and recently turned human Ash lost in space as the only survivors of a long-range exploration, out of oxygen and food, and facing an unknown number of years until they can maybe figure out where they are which will possibly enable them to return to Earth. The red star they discovered – the one that does not burn vampires to a crisp – is long forgotten, but turns out to be the thing linking this third book back to the first of the series.

As it happens, Trev an Ash do manage to make it back to Earth, but twenty-five years of deprivation have left their marks on both men’s psyches. Trev is less affected than Ash since he is close to three hundred years old and has had time to get used to isolation and lack of nourishment. The blood they had on the ship was limited and needed to be rationed, so Ash has spent the years close to starvation – not a situation that a young vampire can easily deal with.

The emotions of both men are what had me fascinated – Ash wanted to be turned but living in agony for that long has skewed his view of Trev. Yes, Ash did it to survive, but he had no idea what he’d be facing when he said yes. Their beginning relationship has been destroyed, and this is the story of how they deal with their feelings once they are safe. Very interesting!

If you like short stories with lots of emotional turmoil and drama, if you think that a human and a vampire can overcome the barriers between them, and if you’re looking for a read that might have you fearing the worst, then you will probably like this novella.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 69 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date	24-August-2018
Price	$3.99 ebook
Buy Link	https://www.changelingpress.com/emerald-earth-solar-flare-3-b-1542