I picked this up since it was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella. I wasn’t aware it was a retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo until just now, since I haven’t read it and I guess I’m not all that familiar with the plot… I’ll have to read that sometime too!

Really great novella about the impact of colonialism, in a space version of the West Indies. I’m generally much more of a fantasy reader than sci-fi, but I absolutely love when sci-fi is used to critique issues in modern society (or in history — although the effects of colonialism obviously still exist today). I really like that everything wasn’t wrapped up neatly at the end; it’s a fight that will take ages to win, but it’s absolutely still worthwhile.