"Readers who love smart thrillers and explosive sf won't want to miss this book."--Booklist (Starred Review)

"The resulting multiplayer cat-and-mouse game is intricately plotted and tightly paced with a satisfying ending that sets the stage nicely for the next installment. Space opera fans will eat this up."--Publishers Weekly

"Warps readers across the galaxy on a devilishly fun thrill ride ... These Burning Stars is plotted like a chess match, confident and surprising as Jacobs moves each piece thoughtfully across her board ... If Jacobs' second entry is anything like the first, we'll have so much more to discover across her universe in the years to come."--BookPage (Starred Review)

"I love a book that makes me pay attention and rewards me for it. I love even more a book with complicated, messy politics. But really, I'm here for the characters, and Jacobs ' are compelling, flawed, tragic and hopeful at the same time. What's that? There's a sequel? I can't wait."--K. Eason, author of How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse

"Like every good revenge story, These Burning Stars is baroque, intense, inventive, vivid, violent, and visceral. An impressive debut." --Kate Elliott, author of Unconquerable Sun

"A richly imagined space opera packed with intricate worldbuilding, compelling prose, and twisty politics, artfully woven together and delivered through a cast of fallible, endearing characters. An incredible debut perfect for fans of Ann Leckie, Kate Elliott, and Scalzi's Interdependency series."--J. S. Dewes, author of The Last Watch

"A sizzling political space opera exploring the borders of passion and monstrosity, hunter and hunted, obsession and devotion. Jacobs is an exciting new author to watch."--Essa Hansen, author of Nophek Gloss

"With a cast of deliciously dangerous characters and a gloriously executed plot that twists like a knife, this propulsive debut heralds the start of a sweeping space opera saga in the vein of Ann Leckie and Alastair Reynolds. Bethany Jacobs is an ingenious worldbuilder and a stunning new voice to look out for in sci-fi."--Ren Hutchings, author of Under Fortunate Stars

"The vivid characters and ratcheting plot tension kept me racing through the book. And as soon as I hit the last page, I immediately wanted to turn right back and read it all over again just to savor the elegance with which it builds to its explosive conclusion. Jacobs' trilogy is destined to be the space opera of the decade and I can't wait to have the next one in my hands!"--Rebecca Fraimow, author of The Iron Children

"If I were to say that this was the best debut novel I've read in a long time, I would be doing it a disservice. It's more than that--it's one of the best SF books I've read period. It has it all: jump off the page action, wild twists, superb world building. And the characters! It's rare that an author can make you care about so many different characters the way that Jacobs does. Go ahead and pencil her in for your Astounding Award ballot for best new author."--Michael Mammay, author of Planetside

"Immersive and epic; a sprawling space opera perfect for fans of A Memory Called Empire and Too Like the Lightning."--Kameron Hurley, author of The Light Brigade

"Jacobs's characters and prose have a sharpness to them that's both beautiful and devastating. These Burning Stars blew me away."--Marina Lostetter, author of The Helm of Midnight

"These Burning Stars is a superb work of space opera science fiction by any measure, but the fact that it's a debut makes it that much more impressive."--Autostraddle

"Interesting and ambitious ... Fans of Elizabeth Bear or Ann Leckie may find much to entertain themselves here ... a fast-moving novel of action and intrigue, which Jacobs pulls off with vivid energy, bringing her threads together in an explosive conclusion."--Locus