Kritarchy
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Collected in
A Future Darkly
Blurb
For much of an Earth without nations, the roaming
Judge-Ships of the Kritarchy are the only law, and Judge Lightner is one of the
best. But when a vicious marauding fleet sweeps through the Kritarchy, the
Judge finds out just how much the law is worth as he is forced to make one of
his own.
Memories
before reading
I remember this story as being really, really dark--hence
the excellent cover art--the story of a tragic fall from a just society into
tyranny in response to outside attacks. Yes, that’s political. Yes, I’m a
political scientist. Yes, I was depressed. I also remember that this
story got very mixed reviews for content, and that, as a consequence, I avoided
reading it. Well, I’ve got to now...
Review
after reading
This story is not just dark, it’s brutal. From the
opening to the ending, it does not let up. Violent, tragic, emotional, despairing...nobody
wins. I’m reading it, and I’m thinking I was channeling “King Lear” into a very
well-constructed (in political science terms) alternate history. But I can
definitely see, now that I have an emotional distance from it, where the mixed
reviews came from. This is the story you get when a political scientist is
pessimistic. This story is not for everyone...is it for you?
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