Thena is a very interesting protagonist, and hearing her thoughts and opinions on everything enhanced my enjoyment. I don’t usually like books told in first-person present tense (parts of the book are written this way), but the style used by Hoyt quickly drew me into the story. Darkship Thieves is gripping all the way through, and reminds me of some of the classic science fiction adventures from the Golden Age (not surprising, since Hoyt credits Heinlein as one of her influences). The ride on which Hoyt takes the reader is full of interesting twists, turns, double-backs, and more. As Thena learns more about them, she also learns more about herself, including revelations about things she never guessed existed. Instead, she is picked up by a darkship thief, one of a group rumored to be the remnants of bioengineered outcasts from human society. Desperate to get away, she escapes via a lifepod and steers it toward the powertrees, giant biological constructs which produced powerpods which were used by humanity to power everything, in hopes of getting one of the harvesters to help her. She escapes him only to find all of them chasing after her. Thena, the protagonist, is woken by one of her father’s goons in the middle of the night as he tries to attack her. I was a little leery, at first, due to the cover being somewhat more risque than I preferred, but I decided to read the book anyway. Hoyt because I had heard from a few people that she was a good storyteller. Hoyt.I originally picked up Darkship Thieves by Sarah A.

Darkship thieves by sarah a hoyt