The Creative Fire (1) (Ruby's Song) - Softcover

Cooper, Brenda

3.03

252 ratings by Goodreads

9781616146849: The Creative Fire (1) (Ruby's Song)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1616146842 ISBN 13: 9781616146849

Publisher: Pyr, 2012

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Nothing can match the power of a single voice... Ruby Martin expects to spend her days repairing robots while avoiding the dangerous peacekeeping forces that roam the corridors of the generation ship The Creative Fire. The social structure of the ship is rigidly divided, with Ruby and her friends on the bottom. Then a ship-wide accident gives Ruby a chance to fight for the freedom she craves. Her enemies are numerous, well armed, and knowledgeable. Her weapons are a fabulous voice, a quick mind, and a deep stubbornness. Complicating it all--an unreliable A.I. and an enigmatic man she met - and kissed - exactly once--who may hold the key to her success. If Ruby can't transform from a rebellious teen to the leader of a revolution, she and all her friends will lose all say in their future. Like the historical Evita Per�n, Ruby rises from the dregs of society to hold incredible popularity and power. Her story is about love and lust and need and a thirst for knowledge and influence so deep that it burns.

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About the Author:

Brenda Cooper is the author of a three book series starting with The Silver Ship and the Sea, which, though not intended as a Young Adult novel, Library Journal selected as one of the years 100 Best Books for YA. The other books in the series are Reading the Wind and Wings of Creation. She is the author of Mayan December and has collaborated with Larry Niven (Building Harlequins Moon.) Visit her online at www.brenda-cooper.com, www.facebook.com/BrendaJCooper, and on Twitter @brendacooper.

Review:

FINALIST! 2015 Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Writing

"Brenda Cooper gives [the multigenerational starship] scenario a thorough, intelligent shaking and reworking, hewing to lots of the glorious old props while infusing a new strain of social justice and semi-YA, Hunger Games vitality into the milieu. ...Employing nicely compact chapters and an engaging prose style, never letting the action flag while also illuminating a true trajectory of personal growth for Ruby, Cooper charts the first third of the career of The Creative Fire's songstress savior in a very entertaining and compelling fashion that leaves us eager for further installments."
-Locus Online

"Cooper puts a science fiction spin on the life of Eva Per�n in this fast-paced, teen-friendly series starter...."
-Publishers Weekly

"[A] wonderful work of social science fiction."
-Kirkus Reviews blog, "Best SF/F Reads of November" roundup

"Tackles a timeless theme in an interesting context."
-Astro Guyz

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