Book Review | Lost Solace by Karl Drinkwater

I got Lost Solace from Karl Drinkwater when he was giving freebies out on his website. I apologised at the time for probably not reading it straight away. But then the Goodreads Space Opera group picked it for November. I couldn’t wait!

Lost Solace (Lost Solace #1)

by Karl Drinkwater

They’re called the Lost Ships … but sometimes they come back.

And when they do the crews are missing, while the ships have been strangely altered, rumoured to be full of horrors.

Opal Imbiana has been seeking something her whole life. It’s a secret so precious she’s willing to risk her life recovering it from a recently discovered Lost Ship, in a lonely nebula far from colonised space.

She’s just one woman, entering an alien and lethal environment. But with the aid of an amazing AI companion and experimental armoured suit, Opal might just stand a chance.

This blast of a book kickstarted the much-loved Lost Solace series, about an unlikely friendship between two women who keep hope alive in the darkest of times. (Goodreads)

My Review

There are lots of Lost things in this book, I’m not sure Lost Solace is one of them, but it’s a nice title. I know some people like books where they know where they are and what everyone is doing from day the start. I like finding my way in, which is the start. What she’s finding her way into, and why, is part of the surprise.

I found this really inventive, and very well written. Some aspects of the plot laid the way for other things to happen… but they didn’t, or not the way you thought. As I said, inventive. Also, nice aliens! I enjoyed the dialogue with the AI, too. Now if AI gets this useful, I can see the point of having it.

I’m just wondering what the series is like. I was perfectly satisfied by this book, but by implication, there are more Lost Ships out there.