Afterburn: Bio Rescue #2 - Hardcover

S.L. Viehl lives in Florida with her family. A U.S.A.F. veteran, she has medical experience from both military and civilian trauma centers.

With the Hsktskt slavers defeated, a peace summit is to commence on the 'Zangian homeworld. Sublieutenant Burn, after an embarrassingly disastrous training mission, is eager to prove himself. When a ship of the aquatic Ylydii is attacked en route, he has a perfect opportunity. His BioRescue unit is sent to police the event, and Burn gets the excuse he wants to stay close to Liana, the Ylydii ambassador's daughter. As the summit continues, it becomes clear that someone is out to sabotage it, and that something strange is going on among the Ylydii. Not just among them, though, for there remain complications from conflict with the slavers and from interspecies tension, the latter including problems faced by a human new to the 'Zangian homeworld, trying to keep the former Skartesh cult members happy, and the little matter of escaped Hlagg insects and some unforeseen side effects. Like previous volumes in Viehl's League of Allied Worlds saga, Afterburn is an entertaining adventure and a surprisingly thoughtful look at the ways greatly different species might interact. Regina Schroeder
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