More mil-sf worth considering is Battle Luna put together by Travis S. More mayhem abounds in Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air as Jackson Ford brings Teagen ( The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind) and her crew back to deal with an esper like herself, but one that can trigger quakes.

It’s a different sort of first contact novel and very well done.īoth Kill Orbit by Joel Dane and Automatic Reload by Ferrett Steinmetz are full-on action and mayhem, the first about a squad of “genius fuckups” and the second about a former drone pilot gone full cyber and haunted by those he killed while taking on a cover agency.

Another book I really liked was Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis, in which Cora Ortega is the daughter of a conspiracy theorist/leaker that says the government knows about aliens and isn’t telling. She turns her focus to a different member of the original six Lady Astronauts, and I highly recommend it. Mary Robinette Kowal expands her Lady Astronaut series in The Relentless Moon returning us to the 1950/60s alternative history space effort to get humans to Mars before the Earth dies. OK, it’s not everything, but it’s still fun, and there are plenty of books coming out that are perfect for social distancing. Well, since finding a quiet place in the shade to hang out with a good book is my idea of the perfect summer activity, I’d say yes. Someone asked me if I felt safe going back to my normal summer activities in the face of the ongoing unpleasantness.