The Renegat

Diving Series, Book 8

By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck

As a young recruit, brilliant engineer Nadim Crowe accidentally destroys an entire Scrapheap full of ships. Now, decades later, he ends up on the crew of the Renegat, the only ship in the Fleet ever sent on a mission backward to investigate an ancient Scrapheap.

Something invaded that Scrapheap, and the Fleet wants to know what. Or who.

The Renegat: The only ship the Fleet dares risk. The Renegat: A ship of misfits and screw-ups sent on an impossible mission. All alone in deep space.

A thrilling new addition to the Diving Universe.

©2019 Kristine Kathryn Rusch (P)2019 Audible, Inc.

No engineering documentation

This story portrays the space craft techs and engineers as people who work on highly complex devices using no documentation, gossip and speculation as their main skill set.

While the concept of no documentation may have made sense at the beginning of this series due to the archaeological setting of ancient, unknown, space craft “wrecks”,

The setting for this story takes place far in the distant past when the craft were actively used for exploration.

No or incomplete documentation for a production line craft is incompetence
-not an intelligent story

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I thought it was fantastic!

Where some reviews think this book is too slow or has holes such as "no documentation" but I thought it was a great read. The storyline addresses the stupidity of the fleet by always "moving forward" without keeping long term (documentation) histories in mind. The fleet never learns or acknowledges their cultural mistakes, only their tech mistakes. They act as though cultures are something to be dismissed. This theme is what drives Captains like Crow and Cooper to work towards something better. I think some previous reviewers missed the point. This book (and series) makes a statement about the importance of cultural understanding, the importance of individual perspective, and the individual's influence on the whole. I really enjoyed it.

Another Great Epic Novel

Stellar storytelling from master novelist and short story Kristine Kathryn Rusch will leave you with one regret- the Story ended.

Run don't walk to the Diving Universe series.

Engaging Story

Kept my interest throughout! Looking forward to what happens to Crowe and his crew. The narration was excellent as well.

Maybe the best of the series...

... and that's saying something! Great twists and turns. Really enjoyed it, love the whole Diving series.