100. Light Raid

by Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice (263 pgs)

Rating: 4

Ariadne Hellene starts the book as a displaced refugee from the Western United States who's under constant laser attack by the Quebeckers. She quickly finds a way to run home, however, and discovers her entire family embroiled in espionage and intrigue.

Structurally, Light Raid is fairly interesting. The concept of media and news spin is central to the development of the plot. So it's not surprising that there's a 'news' snippit between every chapter. It creates an interesting affect of following the story through the media and also through the events in the chapters. Perhaps there's a social statement there.

The characters were a lot of fun and the plot held together. This is very much sci-fi meets spy thriller.