The House of Saints by Derek Künsken
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The final book in this duology lives up to its hard-sf roots, featuring hard-scrabble dynasties on Venus, corporations and banks making bank on the backs of the poor, and the ramp-up to a full diaspora.

Pretty cool stuff, all told. Worth it if you're into the common-folk grasp their freedom kind of story.

The only thing I didn't quite connect with was a few of the characters, but fortunately, there are a lot of characters. Nothing too onerous. It's a sprawling tale of survival, adaptability, and even a bit of a revolution.

Think the rash of Mars books from the '90s and now give Venus, with its extremely inhospitable environment, a try.

Honestly, I love the idea better than the execution, but I don't really have many complaints. It's ambitious.



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