FROM WEALTH AND POWER, TO POVERTY AND INSULTS!
Roy Olfetrie planned to be an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, but when his father was unmasked as a white-collar criminal he had to take whatever he was offered.
What is offered turns out to be a chance to accompany Captain Daniel Leary and Lady Adele Mundy as they go off to start a war that will put Roy at the sharp end.
Duty snatches Roy from the harem of a pirate chief to a world of monsters, from interstellar reaches in a half-wrecked starship to assassination attempts at posh houses. Roy has the choice of making friends or dying friendless; of meeting betrayal and responding to it; of breaking his faith or keeping it at the risk of his life.
Pirates, politics, and spies--and waiting for Roy if he survives all the rest, a powerful warship.
The action doesn't slow--nor can Roy, for if he does the only question is which of the many threats will be the one to catch and kill him. But Captain Leary himself has given Roy a chance, and Roy is determined make the most of it—THOUGH HELL SHOULD BAR THE WAY.
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It was good to see the world through the view of a different character
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Excellent - improvement over previous Lt. Leary booksThis book is a better than the previous books in this series. The plot complexity, internal consistency, character development and emotional impact are all significantly improved.
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Sigh! Another great book ruined by politics in the author's noteIf you stop about halfway through the author's note at the end if the biij, you will be really pleased you read the book. Well written, well edited (for an ARC), well ebooked story.
Unfortunately, david goes off the rails worrying about fox news in a year when CNN has had to fire about a dozen people for making stuff up and has "corrected" almost twenty stories it thought were "blockbusters".
Is he buying insurance against problems from SJWs? (I am reminded of the parable about mote and beam. CNN is the network that would find an anchor chair for Platt, not Fox.)
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Excellent!
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A proactive Adele looks a little differentPast books in tight third show reaction. Maybe a tight point of view makes me see the traits and miss the character. This book shows proactive people and so works well as a story filtered through a sidekick, Watson or Archie Goodwin style. As usual Mr. Drake picks selected aspects of our history and shows us more than we could have seen unassisted. I'm not always happy about that but a better vision helps keep me between the ditches too.
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Different from the usual RCN book in that we get to see the action from the point of a view of a new character while Lady Mundy and Captain Leary act in the background. But the plotting is top notch, the character development excellent and I loved the time that Woetjans, Barns and Pasternak got “onscreen”. Still, I missed Adele, Leary, Hogg, Cory, Vesey, Cazelet and even Tovera. I loved the book. Keep them coming!
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