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Belongs to SeriesAdventures in the Liaden Universe (chapbooks) {Lee & Miller} (({ends 1393} Misfits) 15) Liaden Universe Chronological Order {Lee & Miller} ({short stories 15} 1393) Liaden Universe Publication Order {Lee & Miller} (30 {Adventures 15: Misfits}) Is contained in
Before Miri Robertson met Val Con yos'Phelium she was an acclaimed mercenary soldier. Before she was an acclaimed mercenary soldier with the Gyrfalks, she was "Redhead," a young recruit in Lizardi's Lunatics. On Klamath it was Miri's job to carry Lizardi's Lunatics' special meteorological and comm equipment. That was her duty.Meanwhile, there was a weatherman, a Liaden, known as Ichliad Brunner. A weatherman's job is to observe and predict, and having someone on the surface of a strange and war-torn world could bring special insight to the process of weather, while he watched from an orbiting space station. That was his duty.Then the war took a turn no one expected, and duty took on special meanings for both of them, meanings they'd carry for the rest of their lives if they survived!". . .I loved the action, the conflict of cultures, the characters, the romance. But best of all, and what makes each story enduringly special to me, is the strong sense of honor that impels the actions of the main characters and is often the basis of the conflicts among them. The Liaden world is an admirable world. Bravo!" Mary Balogh, author of The Secret Pearl". . .the authors' craftsmanship is top-notch, recalling the work of Elizabeth Moon and Lois McMaster Bujold. . ." Publishers Weekly No library descriptions found. |
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Miri Robertson, at this point, is not yet Val Con's lifemate and one half of Delm Korval. In fact, she hasn't met him, is still hardly more than a kid, and is a corporal in Liz Lizardi's Lizardi's Lunatics mercenary company.
When a Scout arrives with an advanced piece of meteorological tracking and reporting device, and a proposal to deploy it with the Lizardi Lunatics, and have the station, specifically Brunner, in charge of receiving and handling the information. After some back and forth on the station, this is agreed to, and Brunner is introduced to Corporal Robertson, teaches her the use of the equipment, and begins an intermittent friendship at long distance. And as the conflict on the planet gets worse, Robertson is in extreme danger, even as the space station commander gets more worried about the political ramifications of being in contact with one of the military units involved in the conflict.
Brunner is ordered to stop, and has a fateful decision to make. Obey orders, or follow his own professional ethics and personal commitment to Robertson?
He makes a decision.
Ten years later, in a different crisis on a different planet, it comes back to bite him.
This is a good story with good characters. Much of the action is in fact the characters confronting moral, ethical, and intellectual conflicts, but Robertson is down on the planet, facing combat, severe weather, and unusually active tectonic plates.
I really enjoyed it.
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