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MelHay, September 20, 2011 (view all comments by MelHay)
We start exactly where Wanderlust stops. Jax is heading down to the Ithtorian planet for the first time. Ithtorian's, once roamed the stars but recoiled to their home dissolving all trading and connections to be isolated by choice, now Jax's mission as ambassador is to open this connection once again. A mission to do her best and not fail at as it will affect the whole world. March is broken over what he did on Lachion and Jax doesn't want to, or bare the thought, of losing him. He remembers loving her but can't feel the love any longer. Vel is at Jax's side helping and translating as he can. But things always get complicated for Jax... both with the Ithtorians and March and her crew.

I really liked the whole set up of the Ithtorian and their organic world. This is just as new to Jax as it is to us, and she adjusts well. With adjusting you see, in this book, just how much Jax has grown since the day March helped her escape from the hospital after her crash. She has become stronger mentally as a character and leader. She is coming to realize what she needs and wants, and what needs to be done for the larger good. She has come a LONG way from the star struck nav.

I love that March is broken here. This is a way to show March is not the perfect man Jax thinks he is. And also to show that there is only one man for Jax alone with how she learns to cope with things. Seeing March broken this way brings March into a new light. And we get to learn more about his past. We even get to learn about the Mair who saved March from himself all those years ago, by way of journal files she kept.

The writing style is pretty much the same, except we get little glimpses of the Syndicate through short clips. These clips are done through tv shows, people views of current and past happenings, news bulletins and etc. These are wonderful ways to share and get small indications of what is happening out in the universe while Jax is here working to try to get an ally for the Conglomerate.

The beginning isn't even bogged down with the rehashing of past events. There is a quick paragraph on each character with a brief history. But this is done in a nice way as Jax is looking over her crew as she is descending to the potential hostile new world.

This really is a wonderful science fiction read that does NOT get weighed down with the technical science technology things. Wonderful with always moving forward, action, and characters who are changing with it all.

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DeAnn Rossetti, October 26, 2009 (view all comments by DeAnn Rossetti)
Sirantha Jax is one of those characters who grows on the reader as fast as Ann Aguirre can write her new adventures.
The third installment of this series is a classic 'fish out of water' tale, with Jax descending on a hostile alien planet as an ambassador, though she is trained and has worked as a smart-mouthed pilot of grimspace her whole life, and hasn't ever had to hedge her words or hold her tongue.
Vel, her alien friend/reformed bounty hunter is on hand to help her, but her former lover is suffering from a severe case of post traumatic stress, and though March is there to help protect Jax, she ends up helping him recover his mental balance instead. There is plenty of political machinations and duplicity, but in the end, Jax's luck holds, at least until the next crisis is explored in the next novel.
Aguirre's prose is steady and spicy, and her plot swift and sure. I highly recommend this to all those who have read Grimspace and Wanderlust.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780441017812

Author:

Aguirre, Ann

Publisher:

Ace

Subject:

Science Fiction - Adventure

Subject:

Science fiction

Subject:

Interplanetary voyages

Subject:

Science / Adventure

Subject:

Science Fiction and Fantasy-Adventure

Edition Description:

B-Mass Market

Series:

A Sirantha Jax Novel

Publication Date:

20120828

Binding:

Paperback

Grade Level:

from 12

Language:

English

Pages:

320

Dimensions:

6.68x4.32x.90 in. .35 lbs.

Age Level:

18-17