Six Wakes
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Mur Lafferty
In this Hugo nominated science fiction thriller by Mur Lafferty, a crew of clones awakens aboard a space ship to find they're being hunted-and any one of them could be the killer.Maria Arena awakens in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. She has no memory of how she died. This is new; before, when she had awakened as a new clone, her first memory was of how she died.Maria's vat is one of seven, each one holding the clone of a crew member of the starship Dormire, each clone waiting for its previous incarnation to die so it can awaken. And Maria isn't the only one to die recently. . .Unlock the bold new science fiction thriller that Corey Doctorow calls Mur's "breakout book".
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Author
Mur Lafferty
Pages
400
Publisher
Orbit
Published Date
2017-01-31
ISBN
0316389668 9780316389662
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"A fun little sci-fi murder mystery."
Sarah Brown
"This was a fun little sci-fi novel about a group of clones on a space mission who awaken to discover that their previous selves have been murdered, their ship’s been sabotaged, they're outside of communication range with Earth, and they don't remember the past twenty-five years. The best parts of this book were the characters trying to piece together their relationships to one another (they've basically just met but the murder victim versions of themselves had known each other for decades), and the world-building around clones and clone related laws.<br/><br/>I docked a star because there are some things surrounding one of the characters’ motivations that could have been explained better and I thought the way the author handled religion was kind of weird. Overall though I would recommend if you want a fun sci-fi adventure and don't mind some gory descriptions."
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"This was a fun little murder mystery in space that has a lot of twists... Six clones wake up to the aftermath of their deaths with no memories of how it happened. They have to work together to get the ship back on course (and to solve the crimes), but since they have no memories from the past 20 something years they find that they can't trust each other, even though working together is the only way out. As they figure things out, tensions rise to a thrilling ending. The world building is well executed and enhances the character driven story. Each of the characters are a realistic, with good and bad attributes that guide you down the path towards answers. I think that people who are not fans of sci-fi would enjoy this book."
Nicole Falche
"3.5"
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Gray Tischler
"A very fun little whodunnit in space with a twist."
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Tamara Hendrix
