But even better is that this gives him time to mature and grow by bouncing off of Ellie as someone he can trust to give him a straight shot without hidden motives or past scars distorting her responses. His sacrifice stands because he fully expected to die in his sacrifice before so I'm willing to go with the miraculous save. It was only a little manipulative to have Paxe show back up, but I didn't mind, even a little. You have been warned (because it's a big deal).

Ellie is awesome and spoilers for the previous stories will follow because I can't help myself. I am so relieved to be able to say that this one has Diener back in fine form after whiffing the previous one so badly. Though, honestly, I'd read them all in order (and maybe skip the fourth because it sucks and doesn't matter). You probably don't have to have read them in order for this to flow pretty well, but there are direct consequences from Dark Minds so I'd recommend reading at least that one first. This is fifth (and last?) of a sci-fi fantasy romance series and some prior events have meaning in this one. The Tecran see her as evidence of their military’s crimes, the Grih see her as a massive diplomatic complication, and her presence brings the whole confrontation up several thousand notches.īut Ellie isn’t alone, and her new friend has ways to help her. When the Tecran arrive, with the Grih hot on their heels, Ellie finds herself the catalyst for heightened danger to everyone. But when Renn follows the Tecran ship into an unchartered sector, and realises the Tecran have been working their way to a secret moon base for weeks, he suddenly understands things are most definitely not as they seem.Ĭaught in the crossfire. Grih Battle Center captain, Renn Sorvihn, has been chasing a rogue Tecran ship for over a month, convinced its captain is simply trying to delay his inevitable surrender and punishment. The alternative is to be stuck alone with an enemy. So when someone reaches out to her, tells her he’s her friend, she’s happy to believe it.

She’s not on Earth any more, she’s not even in the right solar system. Ellie Masters comes out of a coma to find herself the only inhabitant of an eerily empty moon station.

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