Re: RI December 2024

Ted Nolan wrote:

As usual, the links here are Amazon affiliate ones, which could,
in theory, earn money for me should you enter the store through one.
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Fair Trade (Liaden Universe Book 25)
by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
https://amzn.to/4jrYxzC
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I mentioned a few months back that I was behind on the Liaden books,
and I have at least partially put that to rights, though there is
still a way to go.
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Fair Trade picks up again the story of young Jethri Gobelyn some
several hundred years before the ongoing Korval saga.  Jethri is a
Terran (sorta) who has been adopted into a Liaden clan, and has
risen to to be a full Trader (though certainly not a "Master"
Trader!) and is pioneering the integration of Terran and Liaden
trading organizations.  This is certainly not without its problems
as large, entrenched, interests in both the Liaden & Terran camps
like things just the way they are.
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Apart from his longterm plans & prospects, Jethri's immediate problem
is one set for him by his father: To help preserve the small Terran
"loop" ships which provide circuit based Trade to the Seventeen
Worlds, a grouping of planets whose future is in doubt with the
slow incursion of "Rostov's Dust" into their spacelanes.

The Liaden Universe seemingly shares Perry Rhodan's penchant for the
never-ending space saga - a good thing for fans of epic Science
Fiction. In reality Rostov dust apparently appears during Rostov-on-Don
wind storms.
    The Rostóv family also possesses a prominent position in my current
audiobook: WAR AND PEACE. Book eleven commences during tonight's dog
walk, followed by half-a-dozen additional books.
    Thank you for sharing your reviews.

Danke,

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