SFF

Terminal Alliance

by Jim C. Hines
DAW. (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse, Bk. 1). Nov. 2017. 368p. ISBN 9780756412746. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780756412760. SF
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Decades after the alien Krakau rescued the last few thousand inhabitants of Earth from a plague that had turned humans into mindless savages, Marion "Mops" Adamopoulos considers herself lucky to have been restored to her humanity. Mops serves as a lieutenant on the Earth Mercenary Corps ship Pufferfish, where she heads up the sanitation and hygiene crew. Her ship is attacked by a bioweapon that kills the Krakau who direct operations and turns the human crew back into a feral state, but Mops and her small crew of janitors fortunately were in environmental suits to tackle a particularly noxious mess. They must find a way to save their crew until the Krakau can reverse the effects of the weapon, while trying to find out who is responsible.
VERDICT Hines (Libromancer) delivers a fantastic space opera that doesn't skimp on the action and excitement but pairs it with a hefty dose of slightly scatological humor. The author is especially clever in having Mops and her team leverage cleaning tools and a knowledge of spaceship plumbing to fight their enemies. [Previewed in Marlene Harris's "Galaxy Quests" Sf/fantasy preview, LJ 4/15/17.]
Reviewed by Megan M. McArdle , Oct 15, 2017
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