Blucher, she’d never met him—collapsed, his leg bloody. “Nice shot,” she said. Carillo turned and smiled sheepishly. “I was aiming for his back.”
I detected a Firefly fan here.
Sample spelling mistake:
He looked past her to the rest of the party climbing out of the PPC.
Even if the image of people using PPCs as transport contraptions is funny.
All in all a good read. I like small scale books set in a larger environment. It makes me relate more to the protagonists than the grander than life adventures. And faulty characters are good.
I expected a little more tension between the protagonists, but all in all a good book. The first book was centered in Ronan, so I enjoyed the focus on Bel. She is less competent than I thought she would be (the showdown with the fort defenders was a little bit too poor imo, and the only tjing that detracted from thr book. The story is good and the writing strong. Schmetzer is my favourite current BT author for a reason.
I think my main problem with the book was that I spoiler-ed myself. I looked at the new kickstarter minis as I was reading this. And it includes a GDL lance that is kind of a spoiler on how it will end...
The previous novella was more based on Ronan, so I have no qarrel not having hi appear much here. bel looks a tad bit too inexperienced in the negotiation, though. I thought she would have done better but that is a minor thing.
All in all an enjoyable GDL novel that left me eager for more.
