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Breakaway (Mass Market Paperback)

by Joel Shepherd (Author)
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In this action-packed sequel to Crossover (2006), Australian author Shepherd revisits the far-future multiracial capital city Tanusha, where two factions, the League and the Federation, war over the future of the planet Callay, and the enigmatic android heroine, Sandy, gets caught in between. The personal complicates the political as the League sends a delegation, and Sandy, as ex-League, worries that they want her back even as the Tanushans fear that she'll suddenly switch sides. As the Federation and the League struggle for ascendancy, Sandy must learn to trust Ari and Ayako, a covert ops team looking for the Tanushan underground. Lurching from crisis to crisis, Sandy, for all her abilities, must learn to depend on others, even as she finds that her struggle is more than just a job—she now has something worth fighting for. Beneath the glitz of snazzy weaponry, unstoppable heroes and byzantine political machinations is a very real struggle about the nature of humanity and trust. (Apr.)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting sequel!, April 25 2007
By Patrick St-Denis (Laval, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Breakaway (Paperback)
Joel Shepherd's scifi debut, Crossover, took me by complete surprise last fall. To say that I wasn't expecting to enjoy the novel to such a degree would be quite an understatement. Crossover ended up in my Top 10 of 2006, so I had high hopes for its sequel, Breakaway.

Realizing that you should never mess with a good thing, Shepherd builds on what he established in his debut. Once again, the story unfolds on the world of Callay, in the futuristic and verdant capital of Tanusha. The conflict between the progressive League and the conservative Federation serves once more as the political backdrop for this novel. Yet the events depicted in Crossover have generated chaos on a frightening scale, and Callay appears to be moving toward a vote that could lead to its breaking away from the Federation. As terrorist groups and religious fundamentalists resort of deadly violence to influence various political factions, confusion reigns supreme.

As was the case with its predecessor, Breakaway is a character-driven book. Not all Tanushans are happy to have Cassandra Kresnov, a highly advanced experimental android, on their side. Our unlikely heroine finds herself thrust into the Tanushan underground when she becomes involved with the enigmatic Ari Ruben. Adding to her worries, a delegation from the League arrives on the planet and Cassandra is concerned about their true motives.

Shepherd deserves kudos for the manner with which he continues to portray her moral awakening. The supporting cast is also a lot stronger in this sequel, promising a lot of things to come in the last volume of the trilogy.

At times a political thriller and at times an action-packed scifi yarn, Breakaway makes for a very satisfying read. My sole complaint would have to do with the relative lack of closure at the end. Okay, so sue me for not wanting to wait to see what happens next!

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