Sol: Inferno

Sol: Inferno

Vanessa Kittle

  • 4.5 out of 5
  • 2 ratings
  • 347 pages
  • R
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Overall Content Rating: Restricted R

This science-fiction novel follows colonists, officers, and rebels amid political takeover, space combat, and personal vendettas. Dialogue is routinely rough: insults, skepticism, and strong swearing appear in both battlefield and domestic moments. Parents should expect frequent graphic violence, including shootings, blood, deaths, and a vividly described suicide, plus references to torture and sexual assault in testimony. Sexual content includes a short on-page intercourse reference, a crude groping exchange, non-sexual nudity for comfort, and themes of sexual assault in backstory; profanity and crude name-calling are widespread.

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Crude Moderate

15

Characters and narration use demeaning labels for intelligence and judgment, especially in conflict. One scene combines vulgar sexual contact with flippant talk.

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Specific words
  • stupid: 12
  • idiot: 2
  • suck: 1

Fbombs Moderate

13

Strongest swear words appear on the order of a dozen times, often in anger, frustration, or casual speech among adults. One line refers to two characters having sex without extended detail.

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Specific words
  • fuck: 13

Profanity Heavy

75

Rough language is common across the book in military, political, and personal scenes. Characters use insults, dismissive phrases, and exclamations when under stress, in heated arguments, and during combat planning.

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Specific words
  • damn: 25
  • hell: 23
  • ass: 7
  • bastard: 5
  • bitch: 5
  • bullshit: 5
  • shit: 5

Sex Moderate

4

Non-sexual nudity is described for warmth in a cold setting. Dialogue references past sexual assault and torture; a thwarted assailant appears in memory. There is a brief explicit intercourse reference, a crude sexual advance in dialogue, and a mild club comparison without on-page dancing.

Amazon reviews mentioning sex

Specific words
  • nude: 1
  • rape: 1
  • rapist: 1
  • topless: 1

Violence Heavy

38

Physical harm is a central part of the story. Samples include gunfire, bleeding injuries, deaths, a graphic on-page suicide, beating and kicking captives, robot forced entry, and the death of a child shown with fatal shooting aftermath. Fighting and revolt imagery recur throughout.

Amazon reviews mentioning violence

Specific words
  • blood: 32
  • bleed: 2
  • kick: 1
  • punch: 1
  • smash: 1
  • stab: 1

About this book

Earth and Mars are in chaos. The lines between the virtual and physical continue to blend for the Richaud family, and the fate of the entire Network rests in the hands of an outcast. Those caught in the middle wage an all out war for supremacy as the Greenhouse Revolution moves into its final phase. Meanwhile, Robert Stolz puts his own plans into motion that may change the face of Sol forever. In the midst of it all, Officer Pearl must get her young charges away from Earth, while Captain Casey struggles between his duties to his family, the UN Fleet, and the refugees around Pluto that he swore to protect. Sol: Inferno is hard science fiction set in the Earth's Solar System in 2450, and completes the story begun in Sol: Legacy. Read more