The First Star to Fall (For Darkness Shows the Stars, #1.5)
Diana Peterfreund
In this short story, discover how it all began... New Pacifica was designed to be a tropical paradise, a refuge for humanity filled with natural wonders and technological marvels. A place of perfect peace where "war" was only a world out of history... or so the privileged teen Persis Blake was always taught. But then comes the revolution and the death of a queen, and suddenly it's no longer enough for Persis to trust the words of her parents, the lessons of her teachers, and the decrees of the men in power. One terrible night, Persis witnesses the there are those who will stop at nothing to destroy her world... but is there anyone who can save it? THE FIRST STAR TO FALL -- a prequel short story to ACROSS A STAR-SWEPT SEA.
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This is the second novella in the 'The Darkness Shows The Stars' series. We get to see the events that led Persis Blake to become the famous spy, the Wild Poppy. While I love Persis as a character and enjoyed reading this novella, I think it would be better to read about what happened after 'Across A Star-Swept Sea' and tie the loose ends left at the end of that book.
During the novel we get to understand why Persis decided to become the Poppy and while we don't get to read the actual events and her first mission, we do get a little glimpse of it. I don't think it was necessary to give more to that story. Even Justen's POV of the event is present in the main novel, so there was no need to write it in a novella.
Still, we get more Percy, so that's always good.
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