A review by sfian
Kalin by E.C. Tubb
5.0
One thing you can accuse Tubb of is not packing a lot of story into a relatively short number of pages. Here, in around nine-score, we get a forerunner to the modern day Purge, a disastrous spaceship hijacking, a beast-hunt and
This is my favourite Dumarest book so far of this re-read. The twists of plot make it more enjoyable than the first three and I can even ignore the plothole that I suddenly realised existed - that travellers using quick-time while being searched for by planetbound relatives (and even enemies) rendered such searches almost impossible due to the different passages of time. These books were written in a period when such consequences, even if they had been thought about, were secondary to telling good tale. And that's what this book delivers.
It also, I believe sets up the reason for the Cyclan hunting Dumarest through the remainder of the series.
Spoiler
-swapping, alongside the usual standard fights and loves that percolate through this series (IIRC).This is my favourite Dumarest book so far of this re-read. The twists of plot make it more enjoyable than the first three and I can even ignore the plothole that I suddenly realised existed - that travellers using quick-time while being searched for by planetbound relatives (and even enemies) rendered such searches almost impossible due to the different passages of time. These books were written in a period when such consequences, even if they had been thought about, were secondary to telling good tale. And that's what this book delivers.
It also, I believe sets up the reason for the Cyclan hunting Dumarest through the remainder of the series.