The 2 main characters: Captain Marchenko and Leonidas are very well described. This SF novel can be read alone or as part of the Fallen Empire series.
Ms. Buroker does a great job of highlighting the costs of war, it aftermath, and prejudice. If there are humans involved they'll act like humans.
In this novel Captain Marchenko learns an important and unpleasant secret her husband kept from her. How she handles it and the burdens of her responsibilities are written realistically, brilliantly.
I am going to continue to read Ms. Buroker's novels.
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“Honor’s Flight“ (Fallen Empires #2) by Lindsay Buroker ⭐️⭐️⭐️Genre: Space Opera Lite. Location: Outer Space. Time: Future.THE SERIES: The war between Empire and Alliance is over-and Alliance won. But life has not returned to normal for soldiers, including former Alliance pilot Alisa Marchenko. She now pilots the old Star Nomad spaceship with a motley crew:* Captain and pilot Alisa has snarky humor outbursts at the worst possible times, but can pilot the heck out of the ship.* Engineer Mika, former Alliance soldier, can fix a ship or make a bomb.* Security crew Beck, former Alliance soldier, is on the run from the mafia.Then there are the passengers:* Leonidas, cyborg, former Imperial soldier determined to find his creator. His massive presence scares the heck out of Alisa and Mika.* Dr Alejandro Dominguez, on a secret mission he says impacts the entire galaxy.* Yumi Moon, traveling science teacher, and her live chickens. Well, at least the crew and passengers have fresh eggs every day. They’ll get to know each other while fighting their way across space.THIS BOOK: Alisa is desperate to reunite with her daughter on their former home world-but it’s the last Imperial stronghold. And Imperials hate Alliance members. Getting to the planet is difficult with Alisa’s crew and passengers stirring up trouble. When she gets there, she discovers her late husband had a startling secret. And she’s off to save her daughter, with passengers and crew who are pursued by revenge seekers and bounty hunters.Author Buroker adds more fight scenes to this book. It’s not as light and fun as the 1st book. As a result of the extended fighting scenes, her likable characters have less time to shine. Luckily, there’s an epilogue plus a short story at the end, and characters play a bigger role in both.Buroker credits Star Trek, Star Wars, and Firefly as influences. If you liked those, you’ll probably like this story of a feisty woman pilot determined to save her daughter. I rated the 1st book 4 stars. The increased emphasis on fighting which resulted in less emphasis on characters made this 3 stars from me.🌵📚💁🏼♀️
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