Tonight I review my new favorite YA book:
Fifteen year old Katya Kuriakova is a resident of Russalka,
a water covered planet colonized several centuries into the future exclusively
by people from central Russia. Since it’s covered by oceans ,the
inhabitants live entirely in underwater settlements and move about by
submarine. Russalka is one of several planets colonized by Earth. The Terrans
(people from Earth) and the Russalkans had a falling out that led to a short,
brutal shooting war that ended abruptly when the Terrans suddenly and
mysteriously disengaged and left.
Katya is a fledgling navigator on her uncle Lukyan’s
transport sub when they are commandeered to transport a suspected pirate,
Haviland Kane, to prison. But there is much more to Kane than meets the eye,
and they will all have to form an uneasy alliance to survive the dangers of the
deep. Because in the uncharted depths of Russalka, here be monsters. Possibly
man-made….possibly not…
I loved this book. Nevermind it’s a whole planet populated
by Russian submariners, the action is non-stop, the world-building well-done,
and characters decently fleshed out. Kayta has no love interest, in fact she’s
the only non-adult in the book. The science is very accessible and reasonably
well grounded.
If you’re a human being who can read and like action-packed
stories, you’ll probably enjoy this book. I know I did.
Mike, Out.
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