This is the story of Maarkean. during the course of a smuggling job his
ship is almost stolen and the Alliance is alerted. His sister and two of
the perpetrators are arrested and sent to prison. Determined to break
his sister out of prison, he enlists the help of the leader of the gang
that tried to steal his ship and some other nefarious types. They
succeed in breaking everyone out of the prison and relocating them to
other worlds. Now wanted by the Alliance and the person who gave him the
smuggling job, he has no option to go underground. During a meeting of
Congress it is decided that he should now lead a war against the
Alliance. Can he put his principles aside and rise to the occasion?This is only the second truly sci-fi book I have read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The characters were well rounded and the different races well described. It was so good in fact I almost felt like I was watching an episode of Star Trek. The pace was good and there was plenty of action, particularly at the end which was especially climactic. I do have one criticism though and that is that when the author switched from different points of view, there was no paragraph break. It made things confusing at times and I had to go back a couple of times just to keep track of which character was which. This was only minor though and I would still encourage sci-fi lovers to give it a go.
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