Welcome to the Sentients of Orion website, home of the vast, sprawling space opera penned by author Marianne de Pierres. Find out all about this award-winning series.
New Sentients Of Orion Review
Published May 24, 2012 by mdepierresOver at HumanitysDarkerSide they had this to say about the series:
I really liked all four books of “Transformation Space”. I wanted to keep on reading from one book to the next and had to struggle to put them down. The characterization was interesting and de Pierres style of writing, catching.
Read the full review here.
Transformation Space Reviewed
Published March 23, 2012 by mdepierres
This review came from S J Higbee’s website Brainfluff:
Transformation Space is the last book in this sweeping space opera by de Pierres, so clearly if you haven’t read the previous three books you need to go back to the start of the series and track down Dark Space. However, if you’ve been waiting for this final instalment, the question has to be – does she deliver on the previous excellent storylines that have propelled this series to such admiring attention?
Read the rest of the review here.
New Review for Dark Space
Published February 28, 2012 by mdepierres
Dark Space has been reviewed over at Musings of a Hobbyist where you can read the review in full. Here is an excerpt:
The characters are real and solid. No one seems to be truly evil, or truly good, rather each person has many layers, giving them a genuine depth. And, like real life, relationships between the characters don’t always go the way one would expect.
So, the verdict: I loved it. I have to go and hunt the second book out TODAY.
Mirror Space Review
Published February 17, 2012 by mdepierres
It’s always a pleasure to come across people reading the Sentients of Orion series. This review made my day:
When I first started reading this series, I had a hard time getting into it. Now I’m on book three, I can hardly put this book down! Each chapter is written from a different character’s point of view. I get so into the story, that when one of the chapter’s end I can feel myself dying to get through until that character’s next chapter. But then, I get caught up in the next chapter and the cycle repeats. As the reader you just can’t tear yourself away from the story she’s constructed.
Read the rest of it here: http://novel.vintage-blue.net/?p=862
Scene Update
Published January 20, 2012 by mdepierresNot sure if this is a pirate site but the summation of the series is a nice one:
Marianne de Pierres presents an engaging space opera with plenty of action. Sheltered baronessa Mira Fedor, a minor noble of the mining planet Araldis, expects to become the first female pilot of the royal fleet’s AI command ship. She instead finds herself on the run from the Principe, who wants to tear away her piloting skills and give them to his son, Trinder Pellegrini. When playboy Trin enrages his father and is banished to a meaningless desk job, he uncovers machinations related to the family’s mines that may be connected with a burgeoning alien invasion. Playing with the time line, de Pierres creates an absorbing story as the consequences and actions resolve to show her grand design. Twists and hints will keep readers eagerly awaiting the next volumes.
Mira Fedor by Danielle
Published January 7, 2012 by mdepierresDanielle Neuman, an artist with a focus in comics has done a fantastic concept sketch for my character Mira Fedor.
Looking For a Recommendation?
Published December 2, 2011 by mdepierresOver at TOR.COM Mark Chitty gave some excellent recommendations for reading SF.
Mark says:
‘If you like the original Star Wars film trilogy, you should try Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan series, Marianne de Pierres’ Sentients of Orion series, the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn, Simon Green’s Deathstalker series, Edgar Rice Burroughs, or Ian Mcdonald’s Desolation Road.’
The Bookonaut Reads Sentients
Published December 1, 2011 by mdepierresOver at the Bookonaut, Sean is taking on the Aussie Women Writers 2012 Reading Challenge. Delighted to see that Sean has the Sentients of Orion on his reading list.
Sentients of Orion Comes to the US
Published November 25, 2011 by mdepierresWelcome to the new site dedicated solely to the Sentients of Orion series. We’re celebrating the fact that all four titles will soon be available in e-book for the first time in the USA.
Finally you’ll be able join Mira, Trin, Jo-Jo and Tekton on their fascinating journey through the politics of a far future Orion. Detailes of where you can buy your e-copy will be listed here soon.
In the meantime, enjoy reading the reviews from UK and Commonwealth readers on the individual book pages.
