Log of the Son of the Loom

Xavier is the single most accomplished Diver, not just on his mothership the Hive, but also of all surviving humanity. He's got the experience, and he's good at thinking quick when he comes across something he doesn't have experience for. But some things just cannot be predicted. When he loses his team in the most recent drop, including his best friend and the third most experienced Diver, X has to remap his life to accommodate the changes.

Divers die. But they usually don't have last minute requests of taking responsibility for their kid.

Tin is ten and terribly clever, but he's experienced a lot of loss, and this is just one more. And he may well lose X too, when the Hive answers a distress call from Ares, it's sister-ship, the only other bastion of humanity left. It lingers over the modern-day Chicago, now called Hades; no one dives there, and it's been known to eat ships before. But when the Hive Captain, Ash, brings in Xavier to ask if they should attempt to answer that rescue, the 'yes' sets into motion events no one could have predicted.

Tin's grown up hearing the Diver motto, "We dive so humanity survives." He may not want to be a diver himself, but with X risking everything here and now, and his father having died for the same, Tin can do no less than risk it all too.

Now, there's a lot of things I loved about this book. It was action-packed right from the beginning and the tension stayed right on the level I'd expect in an active apocalypse. Character motivations were solid, and even the side characters, two bit and unnamed, had enough dropped hints that said they were real human beings, not just redshirts set for window dressing. And although our main character has the most POV sections, we also get the perspective of Captain Ash and Tin on the Hive, Captain Weaver from the Ares, and even  an antagonist. We're given living characters, and that goes a long way in telling us about life on the Hive.

It's not easy. It's not good. But it's survival, and it's so good to read a compelling survival story in this day and age. 

living with ghosts

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: Major Character Death

Categories: Gen, M/M

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic (Video Games), Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic (Video Game)

Relationships: Male Revan & Male Sith Warrior | Emperor's Wrath, Male Revan/Male Sith Warrior | Emperor's Wrath

Characters: Male Revan (Star Wars), Male Sith Warrior | Empire's Wrath (Star Wars)

Additional Tags: Not human!Revan, Non-human Revan, Espirion!Revan, The Cult of Revan (Star Wars), The Revanites (Star Wars), Revan is a Force Ghost, Force Ghost!Revan, Timetraveler Revan, Planet: Yavin 4, SWTOR Quest: The Enemy Within, slugthrowers, Assassination Attempt(s), Successful assassination

Language: English

Words: 1,839

Summary:

It's not just Revan, it's his friend, and Cadius isn't about to let anyone take his body.

 For Events:

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Category: Gen
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic (Video Game)
Character: Male Sith Inquisitor | Force Walker (Star Wars)
Additional Tags: Post-Sexual Slavery, Post-Slavery, Former Slave, Tsis | True Sith Species, Branding, slave brands, Sith Inquisitor - Freeform, Arrival on Korriban, Lineages, Past Non-Con, SWTOR: Arrival on Korriban
Language: English
Words: 498

Summary:
He's out of chains, but they leave behind marks. Ariasha arrives on Korriban, proud and determined.

For Event:
Sith September 2026 ALT Prompt: Different Time Period

For Bingos:
Dead Dove: Non-con, Free Space (Sexual Slavery), Scars
Hurt/Comfort: secrets, brands
bingorin 3x3 v1: Rape

SquarebySquare:
Love, in All It's Shapes: A promise kept despite hardship
May/June 26 v2: Second chances