Fall Into the Night

by P.A. Brown

The death of his father catapults Terik u Selhdun into the position of Ogema of Tiamat, the planet of his birth. It was a position he rejected years before when he and his autocratic father clashed over Selhdun's homosexuality. Instead, Selhdun became a linked pilot and owner of his own ship, the Necromancer. Linked pilots are the only ones who can take a ship through Jump, a form of hypserspace travel that allows the empire of man, known as the Autarch, to thrive.

War drove the humans off their home world of Terra (Earth). In the subsequent years, the coordinates of the Terran Jumpoint were lost. When they eventually resurface, Selhdun and the Necromancer are hired to transport a group of scientists back to Terra in order to ascertain whether humans can safely return to the planet of their origin.

But numerous forces in and out of government don't want Selhdun to succeed. Troubles plague the expedition, including an assassination attempt and brutal enemies hell-bent on stopping Selhdun and the ship, even as he and his crew make strides in their mission. Yet in Terran space, a new lethal menace awaits, and soon everyone on board the Necromancer discovers the battle to stay alive has only just begun...

Genres: Gay / Bisexual (M/M & F/F) / Contains Some Heterosexual (M/F) Content / Science Fiction / Futuristic

Genres: M M Romance, Gay, Science Fiction, Romance

424 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 4, 2010

About the author

Pat Brown, writing as P.A. Brown, is the author of the Chris and David police procedural novels featuring LAPD homicide detective David Eric Laine and his lover, computer network engineer Christopher Bellamere. In L. A. Heat the first in the series, David is an uptight, in the closet cop living a life of denial and dark secrets he will protect at all costs. Then his life becomes entwined with Chris who is a suspect in the brutal slayings of young gay men. Neither of them ever expected to find love. L.A. Heat was followed by L.A. Mischief which follow Chris and David as they try to reconcile their vast differences and forge their relationship into one of true love. In L.A. Boneyard, a dark thriller that moves from the bright streets of West Hollywood to the gang ridden streets of East L.A. All the while David faces the temptation of his sexy new partner, Jairo Hernandez.

Reviews

[Toni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having read a few of PA Brown’s contemporary mysteries, I wasn’t certain what to expect of this sci-fi story, but I may say, it’s just as satisfactory. Terik, Pakal, and all the other characters are fully realized and as full of faults, fears, and hopes as any of her other characters. The story of a civilization descended from Terrans forced to leave their home after a catastrophe brought about by their own machinations is an old theme but this author has given it many new twists by letting their descendants return to where it all began with disastrous near-results. The hate engendered between the sensual Terik and his cold, aristocratic family is at the same time shocking but believable, as is his love for Pakal and his somewhat Machiavellan attitude toward life. Ilesha is a full-fledged villainess, concerned with her own pleasure and survival and no one else’s, the exact opposite of her sister, and Nikoli Yaroslavl, Pakal’s appretice and occasional dalliance, is a delight, meeting even disaster with the exuberance of youth.

Taking the ending of Fall into Night as the indication of a sequel (and I hope I’m correct), I highly recommend this novel for something different from PA Brown, but as far as the writing and story goes, it’s more of the very excellent same.

[Karin Wollina · Rating 5 out of 5]

that definitely was a surprising book. I am usually not so much interested in SciFi anymore, but P.A. Brown is one of my auto-buy authors, so I just had to have it. And what a great story it was ! I just hope there will be more like this. I especially liked that it wasn`t a simple m/m story butthat the women had some intersting roles to. And it was a really actionfilled space opera (the search for Terra reminded me a little bit of the stories by Isaac Asimov, whose books I used to "eat" up. But the twist in this story was really new to me.
Will there be a sequel ? I really hope so
Karin

[Kiki · Rating 2 out of 5]

The main problem with this book is that there is not one character I really care about ... which meant it was impossible to stay really interested ...