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Orbit (1999), Edition: New Ed, 400 pages
Description
Lady Cecelia is to mysteries what a pack of foxhounds is to a fox... and her interference brings her to disaster. But Captain Serrano isn't about to let her employer and now her friend be destroyed. With the help of Lady Cecelia's nephew and his friends, including Lord Thornbuckle's adventurous daughter, Heris plots a rescue, while trying to re-balance her own life and recover relationships with some of her former crew. In the process, she and Lady Cecelia bring down a government.
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LibraryThing member amf0001
Book 2 of the Serrano series, Heris is still a captain for the Lady Ceclia. Herris' fears for Lady Cecelia come true in the most awful of ways. I really liked how that was handled. I think this book further established the characters in a very convincing way but also showed Herris that her newfound
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security out side of the RSS was fragile, despite having good crew around her, esp when Lady's Cecilia's family band against her. The sub plot of Prince Gerel and what to do with him was less interesting to me, but it got them where they needed to go and by the end of the book, the start of the third book was well established. Engrossing second book, actually better than the first, I thought. This is reread for me. Show Less
LibraryThing member ladycato
Despite being the captain of an old lady's space yacht, life is anything but dull for Heris Serrano. She, her employer and crew survived their recent adventures, but there are two problems: contraband found on board means someone may be out for payback, and the royal figure they rescued may not be
First of all--egad, the cover of this is awful. Baen outdid themselves with the badness here. Again, I found this book very slow to start out. Once Lady Cecilia was imperiled, though, the stakes became dire. The trauma she endures is worse than something even George R. R. Martin would inflict on his characters. The other plot wasn't nearly as gripping. This is still a good book, but the characters and situations don't grab me as Moon's Vatta's War series did. I own the rest of these books and will read on.
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naturally stupid. Poison is suspect. However, when the owner, Lady Cecilia, suffers a quick stroke that Heris suspects may be poison as well, legal manuevuering keeps the two far apart. It's up for their friends to find a way to spirit Lady Cecilia to safety, and up to Heris to find a cure for her and the prince.First of all--egad, the cover of this is awful. Baen outdid themselves with the badness here. Again, I found this book very slow to start out. Once Lady Cecilia was imperiled, though, the stakes became dire. The trauma she endures is worse than something even George R. R. Martin would inflict on his characters. The other plot wasn't nearly as gripping. This is still a good book, but the characters and situations don't grab me as Moon's Vatta's War series did. I own the rest of these books and will read on.
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LibraryThing member phyllis2779
Great adventure, good suspense, I couldn't put the book down at various points. I like the characters too; they were different enough from the usual space adventurers but also very sympathetic, especially Lady Cecilia.
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Original language
English
Original publication date
1994-09
Physical description
383 p.; 4.92 inches
ISBN
1857238826 / 9781857238822