The highly evolved AI of the galaxy have their own agenda and will do whatever it takes to keep humanity from ever regaining control. but they’re not the only ones in pursuit of the secret at the heart of the planet Dimmuborgir. Decades later, she and her diverse team of broken, diminished outlaws must get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission and to rescue a missing and much-changed comrade. Maya has died and been resurrected into countless cyborg bodies through the years of a long, dangerous career with the infamous Dirty Dozen, the most storied crew of criminals in the galaxy, at least before their untimely and gruesome demise. I’m going to share the publisher summary, because it’s a difficult one to describe. I really had trouble buying into why any of these characters had ever bonded with one another, let alone trusted each other for this final mission.Ī lot of Cassandra Khaw's works sound promising to me, but after this and Nothing But Blackened Teeth, I just don't think their writing is for me, unfortunately. There was also this pervasive feeling of being told what I should think of the characters (i.e., Rita is manipulative and charismatic) instead of just.being shown how those characters act.
So many things ended feeling unresolved and there were multiple times throughout the book where I felt like, "okay, so why is this happening?" or "what's even the end goal here?" I'm more than okay with being thrown into a story and trying to figure out what's going on, but this, ultimately, felt very lackluster and confusing.
I didn't feel like I understood the characters or their motivations, nor did I have a total handle on the world this took place in by the end. I liked a lot of the ideas and concepts goings on in this book, but the execution was really lacking.
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