Wolf Moon

Luna, Book 2

By: Ian McDonald

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Corta Hélio, one of the five family corporations that rule the moon, has fallen. Its riches are divided up among its many enemies, its survivors scattered. Eighteen months have passed.

The remaining Hélio children, Lucasinho and Luna, are under the protection of the powerful Asamoahs, while Robson, still reeling from witnessing his parents' violent deaths, is now a ward - virtually a hostage - of Mackenzie Metals. And the last appointed heir, Lucas, has vanished from the surface of the moon. Only Lady Sun, dowager of Taiyang, suspects that Lucas Corta is not dead - and that he is still a major player in the game. After all, Lucas always was the schemer, and even in death he would go to any lengths to take back everything and build a new Corta Hélio, more powerful than before.

But Corta Hélio needs allies; and to find them the fleeing son undertakes an audacious, impossible journey - to Earth. In an unstable lunar environment, the shifting loyalties and political machinations of each family reach the zenith of their most fertile plots as outright war erupts.

©2017 Ian McDonald (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Not as good as the first book.

The first book was awesome. This one had two many little fragments and a very abrupt ending.

Just when it was getting good

Felt a little sluggish in the middle but like the last book the ending is exciting and captivating.

There are plenty of scenes to make you blush in this one, more than the first book. This book is so not SFW.

A strange bonus from this book is the best description of how cakes are made. If the first book made you never look at the moon the same then this one will make you look at cakes the same.

Good follow up to the last book. Ian is really teasing us with a GOT like saga here. A little frustrating with the pacing but overall I liked it.

Lacks direction.

Not nearly as good as its predecessor. Lacks direction and momentum of the first. While the world building is imaginative, the book overall is not up to the author’s usual standard.

Character oices are confusing with little differentiation. Also, the lack of chapter headings make it difficult to notice when the context shifts.

marvelous continuation of the first book

This book is a marvelous continuation of the first book, Luna. This makes my hunger for book three!

A good continuation of the story

But with more fleshing out of the world than the last book. There was also more action, but that action send less impactful to the overall story. As far as the performer is concerned, he could've used a little more pause between scenes. Transitions seemed to blur together and I had to back up often too catch the shift in the story.

commercial enterprise in the future on the moon

No doubt there will be discussion on the technical aspects of how humans will live on the moon. What kept me invested in the story is the machinations of the characters & resolution of problems & adaptations to extreme environment & capitalism. Excellent character studies of well known archetypes without telegraphing every move.

Explores the meaning of family in the near-ish future.

& werewolves on the moon!

It took awhile to get into it but was with the wait.

Clawing back what was lost

Ian McDonald's Wolf Moon is the 2nd book in the Luna trilogy. The book opens in the immediate aftermath of the destruction the Corta dynasty. The patriarch, Lucas, while having survived, undergoes a long recovery followed by training to travel to Earth where he begins to reclaim his dragon status. Other surviving Corta family members include his sister, the lawyer, who was severely injured along with her bodyguard. There are two Corta youths, one with the Mackenzies and the other with the Asmoahs. The story flips back and forth among the family members. During this time, long buried Corta code brings disaster to the Mackenzie's operations and initiates other dragon competition. Luca eventually returns to the moon having secured the leading position within the LDC. The tale ends with his sister promising to fight him for control.

McDonald spends a bit more time with some of the other dragons as well as the back story on the Corta family with an emphasis on their family member who stayed on Earth. There plenty of action as well as closure for some of the minor character from book 1.

The narration is well done with excellent character distinction. Pacing is smooth and brisk.