The Gap Series (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen R. Donaldson
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—interplanetary romance
- Time of Work: Around 2500
- Setting: Outer space, particularly various artificial satellites
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Pregnancy, Bioengineering or biotechnology, Satellites, Pirates
- Locales: Space
The Plot
The Gap series is an ambitious work concerning sweeping historical change far in the future. It achieves dramatic urgency by focusing on the powerful emotions of a few key characters. Through Stephen Donaldson’s detailed, complex characterization, the reader is made to reflect on what humans may be like in the future.
Morn Hyland is the daughter of the captain of the pirate- fighting ship Starmaster, functioning as an operative of the United Mining Companies Police (UMCP). When the ship is attacked by pirates and her father is killed, Morn irrationally...
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