And of course, the whole thing looks absolutely, spectacularly beautiful, with Templer’s art just a lush mix of pinks, greens, oranges, and more. And damn, it was everything you want from this sort of fabulous sci-fi – it’s got heart, it’s got style, it’s got huge mech-knight gladiatorial fights, it’s got a political message, and it’s absolutely queer-positive. Next thing you know, Pan is off-world, on the run, and has signed up to the idea of bringing the system down. And Pan’s world would have stayed small were it not for two rogue Comsoknights fighting against the patriarchal foundations of their worlds, hiding their sex and their relationship, Cass and Bee, literally showing up on her doorstep asking for help. Pan and Tara in happier times, from Cosmoknights Book 1 None of this would have affected Pan were it not for her friendship with Tara, Princess Tara, who Pan helps to escape her fate, escape being married off to a man she doesn’t even know, and escape into space to who knows where… leaving Pan behind, heartbroken, and hated by her world. The futurism of spaceships and hoverboards that we see in the early pages is in stark contrast to the ancient patriarchal idea of each world’s ruling Royal family offering up their Princesses to other Royals through the Cosmoknights tournaments. The first book of the series introduced us to the world of Pan, whose small-town life on a backwater planet in this wonderfully realised futuristic meets neo-medieval system of planets.
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