Major Bhaajan achieved the impossible. Born to the Undercity, the slums below the City of Cries on the planet Raylicon, she broke free from crushing poverty and crime to become a military officer with Imperial Space Command. Now retired from military duty, she walks the mean streets of Undercity as a private investigator. And she is about to embark on her most challenging case yet.
Summoned by no less than the Ruby Pharaoh herself, Major Bhaajan is tasked with finding a killer. But this is no ordinary murderer. The Ruby Pharaoh witnessed a Jagernaut cut down Assembly Councilor Tap Benton—which shouldn’t have been possible. The Jagernauts are the elite of the elite soldiers in the Imperial Space Command. What’s more, the spinal node implanted in all Jagernauts should have prevented the murder. But the Ruby Pharaoh is sure of what she saw, and she has reason to believe that the Jagernaut will kill again.
Now, Major Bhaajan must hunt down a killer before it is too late. To do so, she must return to the one place on Raylicon she knows best: Undercity.
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The set-up of the book is different than the 1st one in the series. Instead of having many short stories linked together, this book is one novel. This format did not work as well because the author left some of the subplots dangling. If those subplots were wrapped up, I would have rated this novel much higher.
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Best of both worlds - SciFi and mysteryMy first love is science fiction, but I am a sucker for a good private-eye story. The Major Bajaan stories compare well with Asimov and Doyle. For some reason, it took me forever to get started on Undercity (Bajaan #1) but then I couldn't put it down. I didn't start Bronze Skies until the night before its release. Then I read it at one go - it was that good.
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