Expatria

Expatria duology #1

by Keith Brooke

Corgi 1st 1991 paperback fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

318 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Lee Pfahler · Rating 3 out of 5]

An early novel by Brooke, the first of a duology. It's a fairly engaging mix of two science fiction tropes - one, the heir to the throne being blamed for the death of the emperor who then escapes only to be forcibly returned years later to face trial. And two, while the above is going on, there is the discovery of earlier colony ships in orbit that loss contact with the planet, but now they have found out that a new ship is arriving soon from the mother planet. And the colony ships warn the people below about the in coming ship because they expect trouble. Not one of Brooke's better novels like Harmony and The Accord but still a decent read. I look forward to reading the sequel!

[Henare Gambino · Rating 3 out of 5]

Strong parallels with Dune however falls far short of an original masterpiece.