Exotic Contraband: The Road Past Home
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4.5 • 4 Ratings
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- $1.99
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- $1.99
Publisher Description
The universe is infinite in extent and the Compact large beyond simple measurement. But the Starship Bostonian has found a road home for the few humans stolen from their home world. But the Compact has strict non interference rules and while returning the humans is allowed, contact beyond that is forbidden. The crew of an Air Force recon jet, kidnapped and sold as creature show exhibits want to go home though their commander, Major Sandra Sebastianii, might have made another decision if she had been alone.
The ancient human commander of the Compact Cartographic Cruiser Bostonian is less sure of his road home, because his birth world is an utterly unrecognizable and all he had once known is dust. Now his place and his friends all reside in the vastness of the Compact, all except for the one person he can't live without.
Everyone starts out following the rules. But rules are meant to be bent especially when a civilization is on the edge of a war it does not understand the reason for. And while the Qang Smugglers might look cute and cuddly their ruthless arrogance is about to get them into deadly danger, and their stupidity may be the trigger needed to start an interstellar war of unthinkable destructiveness.
Customer Reviews
4 1/2 Stars. More, please.
The story is worth five stars. The execution has improved from previous books to two plus stars. I highly recommend this book if you have a strong tolerance for poor punctuation and inconsistency and if you don't mind being slowed in your reading by a need to figure out what the author meant.
Actually, I find such errors highly irritating. So the fact that I have read the author's five available books in about a week should tell you how much I enjoyed the stories.
Each book has its own essence. They are alike in intelligence, wit, and attention to detail. They differ (except for the last two) in plot, characters, and feel. This book is a sequel only in the sense that it follows from and shares characters with its predecessor. It is a new book with a different kind of story. The first is a story of alien adventure; the second is a story of criminals, of politics, and of the military. And having written that, I am wrong. They are both about all of that and more.
Just read the books. All of them.