Despite her flaws, she's a character you admire very quickly for the way in which she interacts with others, especially her family. You can imagine my surprise when *that* happened!
You've done a great job of painting a morally grey universe and a couple of occasions so far I've thought to myself 'hows that any different to the other thing you're done earlier'?
Thank you for taking the time to respond drew. There are so many things I'd like to ask about the book but I wouldn't want to spoil a great read for anyone reading this thread, that'd be a crime.
Feel free to PM me any questions, though the book has been out for 18 months now, so I think this thread is fairly safe in terms of spoilers. There's also a plot summary on the Elite Wiki now, so the story is quite well known!
I had a lot of fun painting out the Loren family. I figured that despite all that power and money, it wouldn't be all sweetness and light. Infact, Kahina had a pretty miserable existence up until the point of the story. She had no point to her life, shackled by Imperial tradition and far away from the excitement and opportunity of the coreworlds. All her energies were involved in trying not to get married off at her father's whim, sort of a reverse Pride and Prejudice.
Cheers,
Drew.
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I think I already said somewhere that I really enjoyed your Elite: Reclamation book, but I will repeat it to be sure.
I read a lot of scifi and I think I know what I am talking about if I say it is an excellent book.
Many thanks - the feedback is much appreciated!
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She's also Imperial nobility in origin, which is inherently more interesting.
In fact, Imperial perspective is rarer, so when it does come about makes more of a mark.
I think I'm right in saying my book is the only what that dealt with the Imperials as the central characters. I wanted to give them a bit more depth than the 'bask in their greatness and don't they have the coolest ships' meme you get from the game itself. I saw them as a fundamentally honourable people, but who played games of great political intrigue, where how you do things is often more important than what you do or say. A more old fashioned society, more measured and a contrast from our modern day corporatism and capitalism.
I wanted to see if I could make readers sympathise with Kahina despite the fact she was obviously posh, rich and spoilt at the start. She didn't care for anyone much at the beginning, but learnt the value of friendship and the cost of her own selfish decisions. The woman at the end of the story is not the same one at the start... I hope to give you all more facets of her character if I get a chance to write another Elite book. Here's hoping!
