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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 Books

Subject:

Science Fiction - Adventure

Subject:

Science fiction

Subject:

Interplanetary voyages

Publication Date:

September 2009

Binding:

Mass Market Paperbound

Language:

English

Pages:

310

Dimensions:

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

Age Level:

18-17