More Voices, Higher Stakes Make For A Sequel That's Bigger, Badder And Better
Linden A. Lewis's stylish queer space opera series levels up with The Second Rebel, which picks up with our initial protagonists Hiro, Lito and the First Sister, and adds a few new voices too.
In my review of Linden Lewis's The First Sister, I had high hopes for the sequel. The Second Rebel exceeds those hopes and goes straight for the heart — which it proceeds to devastate. Be prepared: A sprawling, queer space opera which balances high energy, visually slick action scenes against complex political intrigues and nuanced character relationships, The Second Rebel is as engrossing as it is because it's full of characters passionately invested in something.
The big three factions are adds the Synthetics, sentient machines who left our solar system centuries ago, but not before forming a perimeter humans aren't permitted to travel beyond, and the outlaws, allies to the Asters who live in the gray space before the perimeter.
