Status
Available
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Publication
Ace (2004), Paperback
Description
Kris Longknife had no choice about growing up rich and pampered. When she did have a choice, she joined the Marines. But now, a friend needs help halfway across the galaxy-and with a military heritage coursing through her blood, it's time for Kris Longknife to be a hero.
User reviews
LibraryThing member selfmanic
Love the entire series, great series that you can start at any book and have a wonderful read.
LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey
Second Kris Longknife - again, one I've read several times. Kris (and crew - Abby shows up here) get stranded on a planet that's got major political and other problems. No ships in or out (quarantine), no communications in or out (fire in the relay center), no...third time is enemy action, and Kris
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starts moving. I liked the scenes in the Arab quarter - nice, if sketchy, characters there. Though the displayed fact that prejudice and general attitudes haven't changed at all in three or four centuries seems unlikely. She runs into Hank Peterwald again, and finds he's still a believer in his family. It ends up with a rather spectacular blow-up, a hijacked ship (that just happens to have Hank aboard...oops), and Kris in trouble again. Though given her actions probably stopped a war or three, not _too_ much trouble. Show Less
LibraryThing member kmartin802
This second book in the Kris Longknife series has Lieutenant JG Kris Longknife assigned to a ship which is testing the new smart metal.
When she gets a distress call from her friend Tom, she uses some leave time to travel to Taurantic to try to rescue him. She is traveling with her bodyguard Jack
Rescuing Tom is not beyond her small team's capabilities especially with the addition of another Navy Lieutenant named Penny. But the rescue was a trap set by Kris's old enemy Cal Sandfire. Sandfire wants Kris dead but she's only one small part of his bigger plan.
With Kris stuck on Taurantic because of an Ebola outbreak and a strangely coincidental failure of the Comm System, Kris finds herself using her role of Princess Longknife to find out what is going on on the planet. She finds that Sandfire is building a space fleet using merchant hulls. The question is whether he is working on his own or at the direction of Henry Smythe-Peterwald the Twelfth.
Kris has met Hank Peterwald the Thirteenth who is her agemate and someone she should have a lot in common with considering that each has a trust fund hovering around a trillion and powerful parents. But a series of accidents whenever he's around leaves Kris uncertain about whether Hank is a villain or a dupe.
The story was filled with action and intrigue. I really like Kris's new maid who seems to have lots and lots of secrets and some really strange competencies. I like that Kris is smart and creative and driven to make things better for those around her.
This is an entertaining series with great worldbuilding and great characters.
When she gets a distress call from her friend Tom, she uses some leave time to travel to Taurantic to try to rescue him. She is traveling with her bodyguard Jack
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and a new maid hired by her mother whose name is Abby. Rescuing Tom is not beyond her small team's capabilities especially with the addition of another Navy Lieutenant named Penny. But the rescue was a trap set by Kris's old enemy Cal Sandfire. Sandfire wants Kris dead but she's only one small part of his bigger plan.
With Kris stuck on Taurantic because of an Ebola outbreak and a strangely coincidental failure of the Comm System, Kris finds herself using her role of Princess Longknife to find out what is going on on the planet. She finds that Sandfire is building a space fleet using merchant hulls. The question is whether he is working on his own or at the direction of Henry Smythe-Peterwald the Twelfth.
Kris has met Hank Peterwald the Thirteenth who is her agemate and someone she should have a lot in common with considering that each has a trust fund hovering around a trillion and powerful parents. But a series of accidents whenever he's around leaves Kris uncertain about whether Hank is a villain or a dupe.
The story was filled with action and intrigue. I really like Kris's new maid who seems to have lots and lots of secrets and some really strange competencies. I like that Kris is smart and creative and driven to make things better for those around her.
This is an entertaining series with great worldbuilding and great characters.
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Language
Original publication date
2004-12
Physical description
346 p.; 6.76 inches
ISBN
0441012272 / 9780441012275
Local notes
Kris Longknife, 02
DDC/MDS
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