Planet Pirates
2 primary works • 3 total works
Book 1
Old Enough to be Used. Young Enough to be
Broken.
Sassinak was twelve when the
raiders came. That made her just the right age: old enough to be used, young
enough to be broken. Or so the slavers thought. But Sassy turned out to be a
little different from your typical slave girl. Maybe it was her unusual physical
strength. Maybe it was her friendship with the captured Fleet crewman. Maybe it
was her spirit. Whatever it was, it wouldn't let her resign herself to the life
of a slave. She bided her time and watched for her moment. When it finally came,
she escaped.
But that was only the
beginning for Sassinak. Now she's a fleet captain with a pirate-chasing ship of
her own, and only one regret in her life: not enough
pirates.
About Elizabeth
Moon:
“Excellent plotting
and characters support the utterly realistic action sequences: swift, jolting,
confusing, and merciless. It’s a corker!”—Kirkus
Reviews
“Moon has created a
richly imagined universe of different cultures, replete with intriguing
characters and the sense of unlimited possibility that characterizes the most
appealing science fiction.”—School Library
Journal
“Rip-roaring action
and intriguing science and tactics . . . [a] grand space opera tour de
force.”—Publishers
Weekly
“. . . the first work
of high heroic fantasy I've seen that has taken the work of Tolkien, assimilated
it totally and deeply and absolutely, and produced something altogether new and
yet incontestably based on the master . . . [Moon's] military knowledge is
impressive, her picture of life in a mercenary company most convincing. I'm
deeply impressed.”—Judith Tarr
Broken.
Sassinak was twelve when the
raiders came. That made her just the right age: old enough to be used, young
enough to be broken. Or so the slavers thought. But Sassy turned out to be a
little different from your typical slave girl. Maybe it was her unusual physical
strength. Maybe it was her friendship with the captured Fleet crewman. Maybe it
was her spirit. Whatever it was, it wouldn't let her resign herself to the life
of a slave. She bided her time and watched for her moment. When it finally came,
she escaped.
But that was only the
beginning for Sassinak. Now she's a fleet captain with a pirate-chasing ship of
her own, and only one regret in her life: not enough
pirates.
About Elizabeth
Moon:
“Excellent plotting
and characters support the utterly realistic action sequences: swift, jolting,
confusing, and merciless. It’s a corker!”—Kirkus
Reviews
“Moon has created a
richly imagined universe of different cultures, replete with intriguing
characters and the sense of unlimited possibility that characterizes the most
appealing science fiction.”—School Library
Journal
“Rip-roaring action
and intriguing science and tactics . . . [a] grand space opera tour de
force.”—Publishers
Weekly
“. . . the first work
of high heroic fantasy I've seen that has taken the work of Tolkien, assimilated
it totally and deeply and absolutely, and produced something altogether new and
yet incontestably based on the master . . . [Moon's] military knowledge is
impressive, her picture of life in a mercenary company most convincing. I'm
deeply impressed.”—Judith Tarr
Book 2
Desperate circumstances forced Lunzie Mespil, Healer (a combination of doctor and psychiatrist) to abandon the starship on which she was a passenger. Since she made it to a lifeboat, Lunzie is not too worried; she will spend a month or two in cryogenic stasis awaiting inevitable rescue, and then proceed with her life. Only it's not a month or two. Lunzie waits for sixty-two years before she is finally picked up. How Lunzie deals with being reborn to a world she never made, a world that has grown strangely dark and dangerous during her long sleep, is the story of The Death of Sleep.
Generation warriors Lunzie, Fordeliton, Dupaynil, Angar, and Sassinak strive to save the galaxy from planet pirates and worse.