The Runabout by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (2024)

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by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Series: Diving Universe (6)

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A graveyard of spaceships, abandoned by the mysterious Fleet thousands of years earlier. Boss calls it "the Boneyard." She needs the ships inside to expand her work for Lost Souls Corporation. Yash Zarlengo thinks the Boneyard will help her discover if the Fleet still exists. Boss and Yash, while exploring the Boneyard, discover a small ship with a powerful and dangerous problem: The ship's active anacapa drive. To escape the Boneyard, Boss must deal with the drive. Which means she'll have to dive the ship on limited time and under extremely dangerous conditions. And she can't go alone. A heart-stopping adventure that continues the thrill ride of Kristine Kathryn Rusch's award-winning Diving series. "[The Runabout] is so good, it will make you want to read the other stories." -SFRevu "Amazing character construction, building a plot that riveted me almost from the moment it began. I will now absolutely have to read the preceding titles and I cannot wait to see what will come as a result of The Runabout." -Tangent Online "Kristine Kathryn Rusch is best known for her Retrieval Artist series, so maybe you've missed her Diving Universe series. If so, it's high time to remedy that oversight." -Don Sakers, Analog … (more)

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Rusch, Kristine Kathryn. The Runabout: A Diving Universe Novel. Diving Universe No. 6. WMG, 2017.
In this sixth installment of the Diving Universe series, we are back with Boss and her team in the Boneyard of derelict ships. Be warned, this is a close sequel to The Falls, but it is fair to say that each novel contains spoilers for the other. I like both novels, but I am not sure in which order I would have preferred to read them. They are set in different timelines and don’t exactly share major characters. But let’s just say with a wink and a nudge that if you have read The Falls, you will have a pretty good idea of what Boss and her fellow wreck divers will find in the runabout. Likewise, if you read The Runabout first, you will have an important key to the mystery in The Falls. In both novels, character issues outweigh interest in their well-made plots. Both novels pit highly professional characters with competing agendas against one another. They are highly strung, self-controlled, jealous of their prerogatives, yet always careful of stepping on others’ emotional toes and damaging the team. Anyone who has attended a lot of professional meetings will understand the dynamic. Recommended. ( )

Tom-e | Mar 7, 2021 |

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A graveyard of spaceships, abandoned by the mysterious Fleet thousands of years earlier. Boss calls it "the Boneyard." She needs the ships inside to expand her work for Lost Souls Corporation. Yash Zarlengo thinks the Boneyard will help her discover if the Fleet still exists. Boss and Yash, while exploring the Boneyard, discover a small ship with a powerful and dangerous problem: The ship's active anacapa drive. To escape the Boneyard, Boss must deal with the drive. Which means she'll have to dive the ship on limited time and under extremely dangerous conditions. And she can't go alone. A heart-stopping adventure that continues the thrill ride of Kristine Kathryn Rusch's award-winning Diving series. "[The Runabout] is so good, it will make you want to read the other stories." -SFRevu "Amazing character construction, building a plot that riveted me almost from the moment it began. I will now absolutely have to read the preceding titles and I cannot wait to see what will come as a result of The Runabout." -Tangent Online "Kristine Kathryn Rusch is best known for her Retrieval Artist series, so maybe you've missed her Diving Universe series. If so, it's high time to remedy that oversight." -Don Sakers, Analog

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