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Imagined in painstaking detail and richly described, this
sci-fi is so entrenched in the ethos of the possible that it becomes
believable.
Earth has run out of many minerals and the moon is a
possible mine. The catch is that very few people are willing to spend time on
the moon despite lucrative offers. The solution is to make it a penal colony
with the prisoners doing the job. Fifty prisoners and a couple of dozen
civilians make up the population of Moon Colony. The whole operation is being
run by a corporate and Gail Moore is the administrator of the colony. Things
blow up when the prisoners riot get themselves heavily armed and threaten the
lives of all the civilians. Major Charlie Hawk is assigned to go restore peace and
save lives.
Gail and Charlie are attractive, mature women and you feel
an immediate liking for them while getting a fell of their hotness too. Both
have been shunted around because of their gender and you feel their frustration
while sympathising with how hard they must have worked to reach where they have.
In the scene where they first come together and have sex, you can feel the
depth of their emotions and their (particularly Gail’s) desperation in the face
of imminent death.
This is not exactly light, but not particularly heavy
either. It is just immersive and a really good read.
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