Luna – serie

The Moon wants to kill you. It might not get there first.Luna is a gripping thriller about five corporate families caught in a bitter battle for supremacy in the harsh environment of the moon. It's very easy to die on the moon, but with its vast mineral wealth it's also easy to make your fortune. Following the fortunes of a handful of disparate characters, from one of the lowliest workers on the moon to the heads of one of the most powerful families, LUNA provides a vast mosaic of life on this airless and terrifying new home for humanity.This is SF that will be perfect for fans of Kim Stanley Robinson and Ken Macleod alike.'McDonald is one of the best world builders I've ever read' - Tamora PierceReaders are being swept away by LUNA: NEW MOON:'It's a great epic read. It's also filled to the brim with imminently plausible science. Not a single thing was out of place'- Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Luna: New Moon gets an undisputed 5* from me. It is a perfect sci-fi' - Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Masterful science fiction and highly recommended' - Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'What. A. Book . . . it leaves you wanting more - and promises to be able to sustain more' - Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Ian McDonald never fails to disappoint, and he never repeats himself . . . This book is not boring. It has no weaknesses and takes no prisoners' - Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'The sci-fi of my dreams, it hit all of my buttons. This family! The moon! World building!' - Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Corta Helio, one of the five family corporations that rule the Moon, has fallen. Its riches are divided up among its many enemies, its survivors scattered. Eighteen months have passed.The remaining Helio children, Lucasinho and Luna, are under the protection of the powerful Asamoahs, while Robson, still reeling from witnessing his parent's violent deaths, is now a ward - virtually a hostage - of Mackenzie Metals. And the last appointed heir, Lucas, has vanished from the surface of the moon.Only Lady Sun, dowager of Taiyang, suspects that Lucas Corta is not dead, and - more to the point - that he is still a major player in the game. After all, Lucas always was a schemer, and even in death, he would go to any lengths to take back everything and build a new Corta Helio, more powerful than before. But Corta Helio needs allies, and to find them, the fleeing son undertakes an audacious, impossible journey - to Earth.In an unstable lunar environment, the shifting loyalties and political machinations of each family reach the zenith of their most fertile plots as outright war between the families erupts.

The third and final book in Ian McDonald's epic Luna series, acclaimed as one of the most exciting and important SF series of the decade. Perfect SF for fans of Gravity and The Martian looking for a large scale space-based epic.Akin to the mafia families of The Godfather, the families of the five Dragons who control the rich resources of the moon are locked in an endless and vicious struggle for supremacy and now the peace that reigned while the moon was colonised is breaking down. Which of the scions of the dragons will gain supremacy? Or will the moon, with its harsh vacuum, it's freezing dark and blazing, irradiated light be the final winner?Readers love the Luna series:'All in all, it has been a marvelous, gut-wrenching, exhilarating journey on the moon and their ambitious, gorgeous, arrogant, resilient and tenacious citizens. I highly recommend the trilogy to all SF fans' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Phenomenal. The third act is absolute bonkers. Never before has the "Game of Thrones in space" comparison hit the mark as much as this one did' Jeremy Szal'This trilogy falls into the "rarefied masterpiece territory" category, a thing of literary daring, achievement and accomplishment. A suitable comment is "wow"' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Astonishing conclusion to a superb trilogy' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Books in this series:Luna: New MoonLuna: Wolf MoonLuna: Moon Rising

Luna blir adopterad redan som bebis, efter att en drogberoende kvinna fött henne, ensam, på en bakgata och därefter avlidit. Hon växer upp i hem med en mor som älskar henne men en far som ständigt begår övergrepp på sin hustru. Vid 11-års ålder välts hela Lunas värld omkull när hennes mor dör i en olycka i hemmet. Det är i alla fall vad hennes far kallar det! Övergreppen övergår till Luna istället och så småningom förstår hon att hennes mor, under alla år, gått emellan och tagit slagen avsedda för henne. Slag och våldtäkter blir en del av hennes vardag, men samma dag som hon går ut grundskolan, vid 15 års ålder, så flyr hon från hemmet. Hon rensar sin fars kassaskåp och får mig sig en ansenlig summa pengar och alla hennes mors smycken, som hon alltid undrat över vad de tagit vägen. Hon kommer till Stockholm och lyckas, efter att ha sovit utomhus i flera nätter, få tag på en sunkig lägenhet, där ingen frågar efter hennes namn eller ålder. Hon lyckas också, så småningom få tag i ett, dåligt betalt, städjobb på ett kontor. En dag när hon kommer hem så sitter en grå katt utanför porten. Han ser så hungrig ut att Luna tar med honom upp till lägenheten och ger honom mat. Han kommer att bli hennes bästa vän. När hon är på väg hem, en sen kväll, genar hon genom parken. Hon hinner knappt in i parken förrän hon blir överfallen av en man, som drar in henne i buskarna. Hela hennes uppväxt, med ständiga våldtäkter, spelas upp i hennes huvud och hon vill till en början, bara dö. Men, det visar sig, att mannen har helt andra planer för henne. Han ger henne en chans att börja om sitt liv, på ett helt annat sätt!

Luna runs away from home at the age of 15, from her cruel father. Ten years later, as she wanders through a dark park, late one night, on her way home, she is attacked by a man. However, he does not take her life, but gives her a new one instead. A little later, she meets the man who will become her soulmate, at the same time she decides to take revenge on her father.