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The fourth volume in this explosive science fiction adventure series, following TRADING IN DANGER and ENGAGING THE ENEMY.
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Kylara had to leave a bright future as a military cadet, and was thrown into the brutal world of off-world trading. This subsequent career in the family business was tough: marked by war, mutiny and attempted assassination. But then her home was attacked and her parents killed - their trading empire left in ruins. Now she must save what is left of the family and the business, with few friends and too few assets. She must make full use of her hard-won experience to not just survive, but to restore the shattered fortunes of the Vatta family and their allies. Now, Kylara Vatta, space-trader and sometime privateer, has destined herself for a dangerous and unpredictable future. She will muster an interplanetary taskforce and forge them into a lethal weapon: one that the pirates who destroyed her family will never forget ...
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You really need to read the earlier volumes to get the the best from this book. Most of the main characters are busy doing their separate activities in different systems so it has the effect of being like several amalgamated short stories. Nevertheless it is still a very enjoyable book with lots of plotting,action,and adventure. This is Elizabeth Moon at her best and once started hard to put down.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I originally started reading Vatta's War: Trading in danger because it was the only SF book my local bookshop had in that looked remotely appealing (and that I hadn't already read).
I am so glad I did. Vatta's War is turning out to be one of my favourite SF series and this, the fourth book, is almost impossible to put down (suffice to say I am running low on sleep ;))
As the series progresses numerous sub-plots and characters are evolving wonderfully, and unlike many books (including some bestsellers) I am drawn into every one of them, turning each page without a thought as I plunge towards each milestone.
Roll on Book 5.
I am so glad I did. Vatta's War is turning out to be one of my favourite SF series and this, the fourth book, is almost impossible to put down (suffice to say I am running low on sleep ;))
As the series progresses numerous sub-plots and characters are evolving wonderfully, and unlike many books (including some bestsellers) I am drawn into every one of them, turning each page without a thought as I plunge towards each milestone.
Roll on Book 5.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ms Moon has created a realistic future of autonomous solar systems interacting with other mainly through trade, with intersystem communication controlled by a commercial monopoly which serves as the closest thing to a de facto interstellar government. The 'Vatta's War' series, of which this book is the fourth, considers the vulnerability of such an arrangement to piracy. It's imaginative, well-plotted and engrossing. Ms Moon's writing abilities have improved greatly since her previous Serrano novels, and the characters populating this series are more complex and morally ambiguous, and therefore much more interesting. The author clearly has firmly held opinions regarding what makes people and societies tick, but manages to get these across without compromising the excitement of her story. Good stuff.
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Space opera
Another good read. Some of the novels like the first have less action as they are setting the plot but this one is full of action and is, in some ways, better than the last in the... Read more
Published 15 days ago by John Ellaway
(Book 4) It does what it says on the tin...
This book was enjoyable, and is probably the slowest of the five books. Ky's experience and reputation begin to really grow. Read more
Published 15 months ago by M. Thompson
Couldn't wait for it
To me the book only makes sense as part of the whole series. This is part 4 out of 5.
The story line is a bit of James Clavell's Taipan set in space. Read more
The story line is a bit of James Clavell's Taipan set in space. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Cruiseo
Excellent Series
I wont give my version of the story but ...
Really great fun, good story well told. Nothing to make you think hard about new ideas. Read more
Really great fun, good story well told. Nothing to make you think hard about new ideas. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2010 by Deimos
A Good Series
If you enjoy a simple story line and SF theme there are few better than this series.
Published on 14 Nov 2009 by Mr. P. Wood
Vatta's War series
Elizabeth Moon is an excellant author and now having read all of Vatta's war I can recommend them to any other sci fi officianados. Read more
Published on 27 May 2009 by Andrew Mctaggart
Getting better...
I've enjoyed all the series, but the first three (for me) sufered a little too much from the main character's inability to get a move on and give up on the introspection; it was... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2008 by Nicholas Tindall
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