Warchild
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0446610771 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. She currently resides in Ontario, Canada. Karin Lowachee was born in Guyana, South America and moved to Toronto, Canada when she was two. Warchild won the Warner Aspect First Novel Award and Cagebird won the 2006 Gaylactic Spectrum Award and the Prix Aurora Award and was a finalist for the 2002 Philip K. Before her for
When Jos' parents are killed in an attack on their trading ship, the boy is kidnapped by the attackers and then escapes - only to fall into the alien hands of humanity's greatest enemies. He is soon coerced into becoming a spy against the human race.
Destined to be the personal slave of his captor, Jos escapes only to find himself a prisoner of the strits, an alien race at war with humanity. From Library Journal Eight-year-old Jos Musey's childhood ends when his parents' merchant ship falls prey to pirates and slavers. Winner of the Warner Aspect First Novel Contest, Lowachee's sf debut provides a poignant tale of survival and courage reminiscent of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. Trained as a spy by his captors, Jos is released to become a human weapon but the war he fights is a war to achieve his own destiny. . Polished storytelling and convincing worldbuilding make this a good selection for most sf collections.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc
Phenomenal book Kindle Customer Warchild was a book that really got under my skin. I found myself thinking about it often and reading it several times. There is a sequel out now, which I've ordered, and I hope this is the beginning of a great new series. If you haven't read Warchild, then by all means, treat yourself to a great book, and I don't use the w. "Very reminiscent of the Ender's Game series" according to Adam Missner. A fantastic first novel from Karin Lowachee. When 8-year-old Jos Musey's merchant ship is killed by pirates, he is taken prisoner and made the pet of the pirate leader. After escaping into the hands of the strits, and alien race who are warring with the humans, he is taken in by the human leader of the aliens known as Warbo. "An amazing debut!" according to Niki. Similarity has been made between Warchild and Ender's Game as both are about a child forced into battles between humans and aliens. 15 years after I read Ender's Game I still remember it because of its climatic ending. Warchild does not have the same stunning ending but which other scifi has come close anyway. However Warch