It's also about 10 books into her Vorkosigan universe series, so while you can start with it, you might not want to. The dinner party in chapter 9 does more plot damage than the later ray gun battle, and the political consequences of a sex change operation, abuse of uterine replicators and bioengineered beetles are hilarious. Bujold's ' A Civil Campaign' is basically a Regency romance in space it's subtitled 'a comedy of biology and manners', and it really is. Don't have coffee in your mouth when you do (you'll thank me when you get to the 'birth' scene). I know a lot of you have read this already - what did you like best about it? Any other sf/romance recommendations?Īlso, you guys have to check out this Author Talk video with Kresley Cole. So she may as well have some fun in the meantime… Jax is only good at one thing-grimspace-and it will eventually kill her.

March needs Jax to help his small band of rogue fighters break the Corp monopoly on interstellar travel-and establish a new breed of jumper. Then a mysterious man breaks into her cell, offering her freedom-for a price. Now imprisoned and the subject of a ruthless interrogation, Jax is on the verge of madness. It’s hard for Jax to defend herself: she has no memory of the crash. But then the ship she’s navigating crash-lands, and she’s accused of killing everyone on board. Here's the blurb - you can check out an excerpt on the author's website:īy all accounts, Sirantha Jax should have burned out years ago…Īs the carrier of a rare gene, Jax has the ability to jump ships through grimspace-a talent which cuts into her life expectancy, but makes her a highly prized navigator for the Corp. I'm very much looking forward to the next book in the series. It's definitely sf, but it's also a romance. I read it a while back and really enjoyed it - couldn't put it down in fact. A couple of the comments in the previous post reminded me I've been meaning to post about Grimspace.

Grimspace by Ann Aguirre