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Underhill Books
Description
A promise is a promise ... Portia MacArthur is possibly the best courier in the galaxy. Severely scarred from a training accident, she prefers the solitude of space to social interactions, especially ones involving her family. Vlad Millington, new Generalissimo of the Kinrod Syndicate, is a noted rake of galactic fame about to choose his bride. When Portia and Vlad were ten, she promised him she would be there on the day of his betrothal with a fleet of spaceships. Nothing-not social disgust, not her brother's idiocy, not a mysterious interstellar predator, not even the black hole in the centre of the galaxy-will stop her from keeping that promise. She just hopes Vlad's still worth it.
User reviews
LibraryThing member quondame
It's got some fun world building and character, is easy enough to read, and moves well. So, well, the parts don't build up to a whole and it just sort of threads over a huge gap to its end and leaves all the fun bits hanging.
LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey
Huh, an entirely different setting - I don't think I've read any other SF from Victoria Goddard. Excellent story with some very nice subverting of expectations. And fascinating people and others, and culture(s), and... I'd love to read more in this setting.
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