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Queen of Candesce (Virga, Book 2)
Written by Karl Schroeder
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Average Score:
77(6)
Venera Fanning was last seen falling into nothingness at the end of Sun of Suns. Now, in Queen of Candesce, Venera finds herself plunging through the air between the artificial continents of Virga, far from home and her husband, who may or may not be alive. Landing in the ancient nation of Spyre, Venera encounters new enemies and new friends (or at least convenient allies). She must quickly learn who she can trust, and who she can manipulate in order to survive. Queen of Candesce is her story. |
Book Details
Science Fiction
Mass Market Paperback,
336 Pages
Published
by Tor Science Fiction on December 30, 2008
First Published by Tor Books in 2007
ISBN-10 0765354543
ISBN-13 978-0765354549
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Reviews
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SF Signal
| Scott Shaffer
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Review Rating: 90
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Great book that I recommend easily.
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Graemes Fantasy Book Review
| Graeme Flory
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Review Rating: 85
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'Queen of Candesce' borders on being an essential read for a sci-fi fan that likes things a little dark and ideas that are second to none. It's not the best but certainly one of the better sci-fi books I've read this year.
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| Greg L. Johnson
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Review Rating: 80
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Queen of Candesce, thus, works as both a character study and a fast-paced adventure story, with a mix of old and new that just might be unique to Karl Schroeder's particular vision of the future.
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SFRevu
| Ernest Lilley
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Review Rating: 80
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With Queen of Candesce, Karl Schroeder's Vigra saga establishes itself as an SF saga of the same order as LeGuin's Earthsea stories, Asimov's Robot stories, and Niven's Ringworld stories.
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SF Reviews
| Thomas M. Wagner
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Review Rating: 70
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Queen of Candesce is a smashing second installment in a saga whose combination of imagination, invention and adventure are like nothing else in SF today.
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sffworld.com
| Arthur Bangs
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Review Rating: 60
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As much as I enjoyed this second chapter in the Virga saga, in some ways it felt less like a second chapter to a larger tale and more like a picaresque side-tale.
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