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Loading... Engaging the Enemy (2006)by Elizabeth Moon
None. Another Elizabeth Moon page turner. It has elements of identity theft, bureaucratic wrangling mixed with cultural differences, inept leadership, family relationships, ever present pirates and space combat. That humans haven't changed in the time it took to develop interstellar travel is a testament to the author's imagination. In the end, our heroine, Ky Vada, lives to see another adventure in the next book. (  ) buffalogr | May 11, 2013 |  I had read it before as a library treebook but only recognized it from a distinctive setting halfway through the library ebook (I knew I'd read the earlier part of the series.) Decent middle of series sort of book, would buy used. The series has the author's hallmarks, such as older women (supporting characters in this case) who are tough as nails. ( ) sprite | May 3, 2013 | This book felt like it was all setup for the next books. I don't think it would be interesting read out of order. I got a little impatient with it, although I still really like the series and am looking forward to the last 2 books. (  ) navelos | Jan 21, 2011 | This is good, solid low-tech science fiction. More like Star Wars in terms of technological sophistication, but good action and excellent characters. In the third part of this series, the Vatta family is starting to recover from the near death blow dealt to it by the pirates and their allies. Ky is slowly building a 'fleet' and Stella is rebuilding the business. There is some good action with the pirates, and some activity on the business side. As usual the characters are interesting and well rounded, though they lack relationships. My biggest objection to this book is that with just one exception, the men in this book are generally useless or villains, or useless villains. There's no equality here at all, which doesn't make a lot of sense for a future society. I still enjoyed it, but that aspect certainly detracted from the book. (  ) Karlstar | Nov 4, 2010 | The third book in this series is the best so far, imho. It's hit its groove, the action and talk feel more balanced. We get POV from three very different, very kick-ass women: Ky, Stella and Grace. Moon's world-building is getting better, too; things seem to fit together more smoothly, somehow. (Could just be me, I suppose.) I've already started the next one! ( ) jenreidreads | May 17, 2010 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345447573, Mass Market Paperback)For fans of fast-paced adventure and compelling characters, the military science fiction of Nebula Award—winning author Elizabeth Moon is the perfect choice.The brilliantly unorthodox Kylara Vatta, black-sheep scion of Vatta Transport Ltd., one of the galaxy’s wealthiest merchant houses, is a heroine like no other, blessed with a killer instinct for business and for battle. Now, in the aftermath of cold-blooded assassinations that have left her parents dead and the Vatta shipping empire shattered, Kylara faces her greatest challenge yet. There is a time for grief and a time for revenge. This is decidedly the latter. Placing her cousin Stella in command of the trading vessel Gary Tobai, Ky embarks aboard the captured pirate ship Fair Kaleen on a twofold mission: to salvage the family business and to punish those responsible for the killings . . . before they strike again. Since the network providing instantaneous communication between star systems has been sabotaged, news is hard to come by and available information impossible to trust. But as she travels from system to system, with Stella a step behind, Ky pieces together the clues and discovers a conspiracy of terrifying scope, breathtaking audacity, and utter ruthlessness. The only hope the independent systems and merchants have against this powerful enemy is to band together. Unfortunately, because she commands a ship known to belong to a notorious pirate–her own relative Osman Vatta, whom she killed for his part in her parents’ deaths–Ky is met with suspicion, if not outright hostility. Rumors swirl about her intent, her very identity. Soon even Stella begins to question her cousin’s decisions and her authority to make them. Meanwhile, the conspiracy Ky hunts is hunting her in turn, with agents insinuated into every space station, every planetary government, every arm of the military, and every merchant house–including her own. Before she can take the fight to the enemy, Kylara must survive a deadly minefield of deception and betrayal. From the Hardcover edition. (retrieved from Amazon Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:07:48 -0400) The brilliantly unorthodox Kylara Vatta, black-sheep scion of Vatta Transport Ltd., one of the galaxy's wealthiest merchant houses, is blessed with a killer instinct for business and for battle. Now, in the aftermath of cold-blooded assassinations that have left her parents dead and the Vatta shipping empire shattered, Kylara faces her greatest challenge yet. There is a time for grief and a time for revenge. This is decidedly the latter. Placing her cousin Stella in command of the trading vessel Gary Tobai, Ky embarks aboard the captured pirate ship Fair Kaleen on a twofold mission: to salvage the family business and to punish those responsible for the killings . . . before they strike again. Since the network providing instantaneous communication between star systems has been sabotaged, news is hard to come by and available information impossible to trust. But as she travels from system to system, with Stella a step behind, Ky pieces together the clues and discovers a conspiracy of terrifying scope, breathtaking audacity, and utter ruthlessness.--from Publisher's description.… (more) |
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