Takes quite a while to get started. Pretty slow until about mid-point. This is the first of the series
The book started out slow. It seemed that the first 100 pages or so were more focused on worldbuilding and introducing the characters, and not so much on plot. Once the author decided to start writing plot, it got much more interesting.
The book starts off slow, but it is building the backgrounds of the main characters. (If you've read a book in the series without reading this one, you will find out where Tovera came from.) The rest of the book is a fast-paced read and is excellent.
I highly recommend this book.
Warning: There is some gratuitous violence and prejudicial attitudes that might put someone off.
I highly recommend this book.
Warning: There is some gratuitous violence and prejudicial attitudes that might put someone off.
Daniel Leary is a lieutenant in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy with no money and no prospects since he quarreled with his ruthless, politically powerful father. Adele Mundy is a scholar with no money and no prospects since her family was massacred for conspiring against the Government of Cinnabar. Kostroma is a wealthy planet which depends on diplomacy to stay independent in a galaxy whose two great powers, Cinnabar and the Alliance, battle for supremacy. In a few hours, diplomacy is going to fail Kostroma. Daniel, Adele, and the scratch crew they gather aren't much to stand in the way of a powerful invasion fleet, but just possibly they're enough.
