Out of the Shadows Part 2

[colls]

Welcome to our second of four check-in and discussion posts for our Book of the Month.

This month’s book is Out of the Shadows by Justina Ireland
Chapters 11-20

Out of the Shadows

1. Before now, did you give much thought to hyperspace lanes or hyperspace travel?

2. We seem to have created a team of misfits for a mission and at the end of Chapter 20 they're encountering their first (exploding) obstacle. How many more obstacles do you think we'll see?

3. Any thoughts on Syl's mother?




FYI - There's no need to answer all (or any) of the questions above - they're just talking points to get us started. Informal chatter is more than welcome! In-person book clubs often veer off-topic, it's okay if we do as well. :)
All I ask is that you try to avoid spoilers for things past Part II of the book.

Comments

[brokenmnemonic]

1. One of the things I've been curious about for a while is why using hyperspace in the Republic era seems to be so different to that in the time of the movies. It has me wondering if understanding of hyperspace expanded so ships aren't tied to specific lanes any longer, or if Han Solo is/was great at finding convenient lanes on the fly...

2. It's a shame that knowing there's no love triangle in this novel, one of the obstacles isn't going to be Syl's feelings for her ex and the Senator. Although I feel better knowing that Graf won't be an obstacle to the relationship drama, because if he'd were, I'd spend the rest of the book saying "but why him, and not the senator?" I suspect we're heading for a number of clashes - between Nan and other Nihil, Graf and the Jedi (and potentially Syl), Syl and her mother... and that's not counting all the hijinx involving ships disappearing, or the Oracle's family potentially discovering she's still alive and coming to collect her.

3. I'm surprised at how little Syl knew about her mother's background. It really does seem to have been a big leap from outstanding university researcher to travelling scrapper and cargo carrier. I wonder if this means the Nihil targetted her specifically? Where they hunting Syl's mother?

[colls]

I honestly hadn't thought much about hyperspace lanes until these books.

Now I wish there was a love triangle with Syl, her ex, and the Senator. LOL!

I'm surprised at how little Syl knew about her mother's background.
I was surprised, too. I wonder how old her mother is and how old Syl is. It makes me think Syl is closer in age to Vern and not like in her 20's or something?