We were emptying my husband’s desk at Clatterbridge Cancer Center as we were moving cities where I stumbled upon a pile of books, some fictional, some thriller, some sci-fi, etc left by a former student. I picked some randomly as all the authors and genres were new to me. One by one I started exploring them. Probably after a year or so I picked up Trading in Danger.
By the time, I finished reading it, I was a fan of Kylara Vatta. Least did I know that it was the first book of Vatta’s war series of 5 books. Desperately I started looking for more books and kindle came to my rescue. I read the second book, Marque and Reprisal; and Kylara Vatta took charge of the conversations with my husband. At the end of third book, Engaging the Enemy, I felt it necessary to pen down my thoughts.
Vatta’s series is all about interstellar trade, politics and wars. Elizabeth Moon has eloquently woven fiction with family issues, business, sister rivalry, relationships, military, wars and female protagonism. Having been a girl who used to be put in tough situations and then having seen them through, it was easy for me to relate with Ky. Youthful madness and crazy ambitions are traits we all have within ourselves although buried at more or less depths . Through Ky, I was able to live it all again.
The beauty about Moon’s writing is that even after completing the third book, I am equally eager to start the fourth book, Command Decisions, as I was when starting the second. She builds the plot very patiently yet intriguingly. Every book will have some action, arriving unexpectedly and of an advanced level than that in the previous book. The books end with a plot for the start of the next book, leaving the reader utterly curious.
After finishing Engaging the Enemy, I thought of giving it a break, let it sink and read something else before starting the fourth. I spent 24 hours in that endeavour but everytime I opened kindle, I felt the book four was calling me.
So here I am, embarking on an FTL (faster than light) flight to Cuidad (one of the planetary systems in Universe). Are you with me?
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