Latest entry in a best-selling space opera series with a huge and
active base of fans.
Book 5 in the award-winning Liaden Universe(R) saga. Stirring space
adventure from master storytellers Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Space
ships, action, adventure - all tied together with a strong dollop of
romance and intrigue - make this a compelling series for a wide range of
readers, from romance to military SF lovers.
First Class courier pilot Theo Waitley was already known as a nexus of
violence - and then she inherited the precarious captaincy of a
mysterious self-aware ship designed to serve a long dead trader. Now she
has a trade route to run for Clan Korval while she convinces the near
mythic ghost ship Bechimo - and herself - that she wants to commit
herself as the human side to their immensely powerful symbiosis. While
her former lover battles a nano-virus that's eating him alive, she's
challenged to rescue hundreds of stranded pilots and crewmen from an
explosive situation in near orbit around a suddenly hostile planet.
Lovers, enemies, an ex-roomie, and a jealous spaceship are all in peril
as Theo wields power that no one in the universe is sure of, especially
her.
About the Liaden Universe(R) series:
"Every now and then you come across an author, or in this case, a pair,
who write exactly what you want to read, the characters and
personalities that make you enjoy meeting them. . . . I rarely rave on
and on about stories, but I am devoted to Lee and Miller novels and
stories." --Anne McCaffrey
"These authors consistently deliver stories with a rich, textured
setting, intricate plotting, and vivid, interesting characters from
fully-realized cultures, both human and alien, and each book gets
better."
-Elizabeth Moon
"[A] recommended, powerful pick. . .a fast-paced military and
political thriller."--Midwest Book Review on Ghost Ship
"[D]elightful stories of adventure and romance set in a far future. .
.space opera milieu. It's all a rather heady mix of Gordon R. Dickson,
the Forsythe Saga, and Victoria Holt, with Lee and Millier's own unique
touches making it all sparkle and sizzle. Anyone whose taste runs toward
SF in the true romantic tradition can't help but like the Liaden
Universe."--Analog
"[T]he many fans of the Liad universe will welcome the
latest...continuing young pilot Theo Waitley's
adventures." - Booklist on Saltation
"[A]ficionados of intelligent space opera will be thoroughly
entertained. . .[T]he authors' craftsmanship is top-notch."
-Publishers Weekly on Lee and Miller's popular Liaden(R) thriller, I
Dare
