Tomorrow Log

by Sharon Lee

Other authorsSteve Miller (Author)

Paperback, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

Fic SF Lee & Miller

Publication

Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc. (2007), Paperback, 342 pages

Description

Freelance thief Gem ser'Edreth makes the calculated mistake of turning down a commission from the local crime boss. Gem's hidden past proves an unexpected liability as his plans to leave the planet go catastrophically awry.

User reviews

LibraryThing member kerravonsen

This has the feel of a Heinlein or Norton; not quite as good as the Liaden stories, but good SF nonetheless. The classic things it has:

* clannish Free Traders
* ancient artefacts that are more than just machines
* evil corporations
* evil organized crime guilds
* a master thief

More modern things

it has:

* awareness of mutation, inbreeding and biodiversity
* cool good-guy micro-spider-robots

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LibraryThing member SunnySD

Gem ser'Edreth is a thief and a darn good one. His talent with electronics is incredible, and his reputation interstellar - but when he refuses a commission for an interplanetary drug cartel, things get way too hot in a big hurry. Complicating Gem's life still further, the family that sold him into

slavery as a child is back - and now they need him to take over the family ship... Gem's plans for staying unattached and unemotional seem doomed to failure - and if he can't come up with a new course of action, his own life won't be the only thing forfeit.

Not a Liaden Universe novel, the flavor is still there, but it has a few bumpy bits and more than a few loose ends. But it's still engaging space opera. I'd still like to see Miller and Lee make a return pass and continue the story.

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