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Title: Storm Constantine's Wraeththu Mythos 'Breeding Discontent' (Wraeththu Mythos S.) by Wendy Darling, Bridgette Parker, Storm Constantine ISBN: 0-9545036-2-7 Publisher: Immanion Press Pub. Date: January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Breathtaking
Comment: this book is really breath-taking! During my time as journalist I find it hard to have some time for reading! But I tokk three days off to finish tis exquisite book! It made my day for nearly two weeks! Wonderful plot and story-play and great follower of Storm Constantine's work of Wreahthu books.
Dark story in a dark future with a helpless little creature who is in the end stronger than everybody could imagine!
Rating: 5
Summary: A nice start with "Discontent"
Comment: Reviews and reviewers are like the Spanish Inquisition for first-time authors. "Will they like it or hate it? What flaws are they going to find that I didn't? Am I going to want to drink a bottle of lye when they're finished?"
I think the authors are safe. I will note two things: there are some errors the proofreaders missed, and there are too many adverbs. That isn't reviewing; it's nitpicking. On to the review.
"Breeding Discontent" is part of Storm Constantine's Wraeththu Mythos, and it introduces us to Constantine's world after the Gelaming conquest of Megalithica. For fans of Wraeththu, it's set between "Bewitchments of Love and Hate" and "Fulfillments of Fate and Desire".
The setting is a facility hidden in northern Megalithica, and the main players are Paran (a Gelaming official), Swift (now Governor of Megalithica), and Lisia, a young har in charge of the place in the absence of its caretakers.
The place is a breeding facility, and Lisia is one of its star products--a hostling, one who has been taught that his highest purpose is to become pregnant and give birth, over and over, in order to keep the Varr war machine supplied with potential soldiers. Only the Varrs have lost to the Gelaming, and the Gelaming--Paran in particular--are horrified to discover the facility even exists. To Paran, Lisia is unnatural, not only because of his life's work, but also because he is "feminized," which to the hermaphroditic but "balanced" Gelaming is a perversion of Wraeththu.
The story pits Lisia, who has been abandoned by the facility's administrators to take care of himself, five peers, and all their collective offspring, and Swift against Paran and the Gelaming. There are misconceptions on both sides. The Gelaming see Lisia and his harlings as brainwashed victims at best and freaks of nature at worst. Lisia's view of the Gelaming is strained through a prism of growing bitterness as certain truths about his life and purpose are revealed to him. It takes Swift, as the all-too-partial third party, to step in and make certain that Lisia isn't exploited again, as well as to give Lisia the confidence he needs to decide what is best for himself and the little ones he considers his own.
The writing is clear and to the point, with the narrative switching from the discovery of the facility to Lisia's journal entries. The characters are well-drawn, from Lisia's naivete and empathy to Paran's discomfited, bureaucratic stiffness. The dialogue rings true as well--or as true as it can for this situation, which feels like an allegory for the exploitation of women and children in wartime.
It may be "mythos," but "Breeding Discontent" is a fine piece of work on its own. I recommend it for anyone who wants a closer look at the Wraeththu world beyond the major players in the trilogy.
Rating: 5
Summary: From the author (one of them anyway)
Comment: Breeding Discontent is a novel written by me and my friend Bridgette Parker, both fans of author Storm Constantine's Wraeththu universe. We wanted to explore new territory -- and the result is a novel edited by Storm Constantine herself, who, finding this "new territory," decided it was worth exploring -- and publishing through her press. Since publication, this book has received a lot of positive praise from fans of the Wraeththu novels, as well as praise from people who picked it up not knowing a thing about it. I've had a lot of people say they found this story very moving and that they identified strongly with the characters, especialy the central character, Lisia. As an author, I really can't ask for more than that people give it a chance -- hopefully you like the "territory" too!
P.S. Discount my 5-star rating, I wouldn't enter a rating except Amazon forces you to if you want to comment. Not that I don't think it's worth 5 stars though :)
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Title: The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure by Storm Constantine ISBN: 0765303469 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 23 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Thorn Boy & Other Dreams of Dark Desire by Storm Constantine ISBN: 0966784847 Publisher: Stark House Press Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Calenture by Storm Constantine ISBN: 0966784812 Publisher: Stark House Press Pub. Date: 31 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Wraeththu: The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit/the Bewitchments of Love and Hate/the Fulfilments of Fate and Desire/3 Books in 1 by Storm Constantine ISBN: 0312890001 Publisher: Orb Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Stalking Tender Prey by Storm Constantine ISBN: 0965834549 Publisher: Meisha Merlin Pub Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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