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profiterole_reads ([personal profile] profiterole_reads) wrote2023-10-19 05:42 pm

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei was fascinating. 80 people from all around the world embark on a one-way interstellar voyage to a new planet. But someone has set up a bomb, killing three of them and setting The Phoenix off course.

I love a good mix of SF/F and murder mystery. This was a fairly long read, but still a page-turner. It alternates between flashbacks of training and selection at the Academy and investigation and repairs on the Phoenix.

Asuka, the protagonist, is a half-Japanese, half-American woman, like the author. As all 80 people are required to get pregnant (through insemination) during the mission, they're obviously afab, but several are non-binary, with mentions of a trans man and minor f/f.