Luna : : Wolf Moon

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Call Number: Science Fiction / McDonald, Ian
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Science Fiction / McDonald, Ian	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Science Fiction / McDonald, Ian	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
The Wolf Moon -- Map: Nearside of the Moon -- After the Fall: Aries 2013 -- Virgo 2105 -- Virgo-Libra 2105 -- Aries 2103-Gemini 2105 -- Libra 2105 -- Libra-Scorpio 2105 -- Gemini 2105 -- Libra-Scorpio 2105 -- Scorpio 2015 -- Leo-Virgo 2105 -- Scorpio 2105 -- Scorpio 2105 -- Glossary -- Dramatis Personae -- Lunar Calendar.
Corta Helio, one of the five family corporations that rule the moon, has fallen. Its riches are divided up among its many enemies, its survivors scattered. Eighteen months have passed.

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Middle Book Syndrome submitted by Meginator on June 23, 2017, 7:48pm I really enjoyed this book, but it's easy to tell throughout that it is a middle book in a series. Luna: Wolf Moon (understandably) lacks the inventive energy of its predecessor, but it is easy to return to McDonald's lunar society. I read Luna: New Moon just after it originally came out and immediately found my bearings, even though McDonald doesn't stoop to extended recaps; I don't know if this is because his initial worldbuilding is so captivating or if it's just a lucky quirk of my memory, but it worked. The characters are as compelling as ever and the events of the first book have a significant, lasting impact on the events of this one, with a few side characters coming to the fore. McDonald weaves in considerable suspense, even if I detected a few fake-outs and figured out a particularly large wrinkle before its big reveal (if you remember the massive, unfired Chekhov's gun from the first book, you'll get it immediately). The setting is as vivid as ever, due in large part to more details about lunar living and comparison to a future Earth. Most of what worked in the first book works well here, too.

I could, however, tell from the start that the book exists mostly to set up future stories, something I didn't feel in the first novel (which I initially believed to be a standalone, before finishing it). I wish that this book could have stood stronger on its own merits rather than relying on its place in the series; everything's just a bit disjointed. Still, for all of my complaining, I'm on the edge of my seat, so perhaps I shouldn't be too harsh: after all, if the point of the middle novel is to get readers excited about reading more, this book definitely worked for me.