A great book I read this month...

The Jasad Heir.
This month I read another great book.
The book that I selected this month was The Jasad Heir. by Sara Hashem.

I met this author at WonderCon this year at an Author panel and was very impressed with her. As a result I went out and found her where she was signing her books next to Tricia Levenseller, who is a lifetime friend of my daughter. I talked with her for several minutes and was even more impressed with her and liked her so I bought her book and read it. 

Her main character is forceful and directed and the book is well written. I believe this is her first book, but I could be mistaken. If so, it is exceptionally well done for a beginning author. Her characters are well developed and likeable. Her world is well designed and complete and the story pulls you through the mysteries and adventures without giving too much away or adding too much confusion.

I really liked this book and will read other books by this author as I see them. Watch out for them also.

If you haven't read this book before, I would recommend it.

Marque and Reprisal- A Book You Ought to Read

 A Great Book I Read This Month...

I had the opportunity to read a great book last month.
The book is entitled 'Marque and Reprisal' by Elizabeth Moon
This book is the second of a series and I have to admit that you could start with this book but you would be better off to start with the first book in the series. Trading in Danger. There are a few details that you will pick up in the first book that are explained in the second book but you will probably understand better if you read the entire first novel.

As you might have noticed, I have read many of Elizabeth Moon's books. I recommended her Remnant Population several months ago.

As with many of this author's novel, it is a military sci-fi story and the adventure starts immediately and keeps moving throughout the book. She is great at displaying the characters and showing their strengths and flaws. This was my second time through this series and I enjoyed it just as much this time around. The main character in this book has been kicked out of her planetary naval academy and put onto a family trading ship. While there, her family shipping company has a major emergency sending all of the ships into chaos and pirates are erupting in every system to try to destroy the established systems. Through this the young captain must fight her ship and mske new decisions without help from the corperate directors or any family. She seems to jump from emergency to emergency. Making whatever decision seems right at the time, trying to hold on until order is restored, if it ever will be.

As I mentioned, I have read other books by this author and enjoyed them all.

I enjoyed reading this book. If you get the opportunity to read this novel, do it. It is worth your time.