Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Another in the prolific Rusch’s ‘Diving’ series, but it felt like something off a production line rather than an artisan, hand-crafted story of the kind Rusch can do.

Rusch takes a look at the ghosts that supposably haunt The White House, taking a slightly different view on time travel – by seeing it through the eyes of academic research.

Another in Rusch’s ‘Diving’ series, with Captain Tory Sabin having some back-history, issues with high command, and a very personal reason for wanting to go to the rescue of The Ivoire.

Fine as far as it goes, but probably works better as a first chapter in a YA novel.

Through the well-observed downbeat and wry narrative voice of a spacepilot licence examiner, we look at some of the issues in making a life out there in the solar system.

A member of The Company who uses her special ability to see possible futures, reflects on her past and her possible futures.

A bleak look at the desperate straits of refugees who have fled to a distant outpost.

There’s a xenolinguistic element, but this is part of an overall story about understanding cultures (and failing to understand them), about politics, and war, and a good conclusion to the issue.

Murder mystery set in space.

A cautionary tale about genetic enhancements for children.

This entry into the ‘Diving’ canon is a doozy

The Spanish Steps in Rome are the location for an intriguing story.

Short and mildly diverting

A Retrieval Artist story.

A story that could equally, or perhaps, better have been placed in a historical or a crime fiction magazine.

Rus(c)hed through at breakneck speed, with little mystery, as things happen very quickly and progress the story with almost indecent haste.