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Loading... Plan Bby Sharon Lee (Author), Steve Miller (Author)
The bonds between life-mates are becoming a bit to much for me. (  ) Aelianna | Apr 8, 2013 |  The bonds between life-mates are becoming a bit to much for me. ( ) Aelianna | Apr 8, 2013 | The bonds between life-mates are becoming a bit to much for me. ( ) Aelianna | Apr 8, 2013 | This is (depending on how you set the chronology) either the 3rd, 4th, or 10th book in the series. Much more action based than the other books. Good, but one of the reasons I like this series is the odd twists and turns of the various cultures - Liaden especially - and that's mostly missing from this book. I was startled by how small Clan Korval is, however, when this book named all 14? members. Somehow, I'd always imagined it to have around 10-15 key members and 50-60 lesser relations. Clans are generally big, after all. 14 just seems so small, especially for as wealthy and influential as the clan is. ( ) Melanti | Mar 30, 2013 | The bonds between life-mates are becoming a bit to much for me. ( ) Aelli | Aug 18, 2012 | no reviews | add a review Is contained in
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0441010539, Mass Market Paperback)How can a series with terrific character development, witty dialogue, and high adventure fail? Lee, Miller, and dedicated fans refused to believe it could, and after 10 years, the Liaden Universe has returned from book limbo! If you can find them, look for other books in the series: Partners in Necessity, an omnibus of the first three novels, another omnibus containing two prequels, and the fifth book, I Dare. But feel free to start here: Plan B stands alone, though previous books provide rich back-story.Meet Val Con yos'Phelium of Clan Korval. Val Con was once an "agent of change": recruited by Liad's Department of Interior (DOI) and redesigned--his memories blocked, his emotions suppressed--into a precision killing device. Val Con's sanity was saved by his lifemate, Miri Robertson. She's a half-Terran former mercenary sergeant even shorter than Val Con, and almost as deadly in combat. Miri also has Liaden dramliza (wizard) blood from her mother's family, Clan Erob. In Liaden society, one's melant'i (roughly: reputation, or face) is preserved by appropriate speech and behavior, including honor duels when a Balance is owed. Miri is nervous but Val Con says: "'Together, cha'trez, we are--' he bent his head, put his mouth next to her ear and breathed '--hell on wheels.'" DOI has plotted to destroy Korval; Korval now invokes Plan B: retreat strategically, trust no one, prepare for all-out war. Val Con and Miri are trapped by an invasion force of the militaristic Yxtrang as they await Val Con's foster siblings, who are arming the clan. And of course their adopted Clutch brothers, Edger and Sheather, who resemble giant turtles, are also on their way. Somewhat more slowly. Can everybody stay alive long enough to reunite? If you love Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan books, visit Liad. This is space opera at its best. --Nona Vero (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:31:32 -0500) No library descriptions found. |
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