Trading in Danger
Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon, published by Random House Worlds in 2004, is a reprint edition featuring 384 pages in English. The story follows Kylara Vatta, the only daughter in a family of sons, who defies tradition by pursuing a military career instead of joining the family business. After a significant misstep leads to her expulsion from the Academy, Ky returns home to face disappointment and media scrutiny. However, an unexpected opportunity arises when she becomes the captain of a Vatta Transport ship, tasked with escorting an aging vessel on its final journey.
Readers will find that Ky’s simple assignment quickly escalates into a high-stakes adventure as she seizes a lucrative delivery contract, aiming to prove her worth beyond her family name. The narrative intertwines elements of action and adventure within a military framework, as Ky’s plans are disrupted by a colonial war, forcing her to rely on her military training and instincts. This edition presents a blend of science fiction and space opera, showcasing Ky’s journey through challenges that test her leadership and resolve.
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“Filled with fast-paced action and well-conceived characters.”—Booklist
Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father’s only child to buck tradition by choosing a military career instead of joining the family business. For Ky, it’s no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd. shipping concern can’t hold a candle to shipping out as an officer aboard an interstellar cruiser. It’s adventure, not commerce, that stirs her soul. And despite her family’s misgivings, there can be no doubt that a Vatta in the service will prove a valuable asset. But with a single error in judgment, it all comes crumbling down.
Expelled from the Academy in disgrace–and returning home to her humiliated family, a storm of high-profile media coverage, and the gaping void of her own future–Ky is ready to face the inevitable onslaught of anger, disappointment, even pity. But soon after opportunity’s door slams shut, Ky finds herself with a ticket to ride– and a shot at redemption–as captain of a Vatta Transport ship.
It’s a simple assignment: escorting one of the Vatta fleet’s oldest ships on its final voyage . . . to the scrapyard. But keeping it simple has never been Ky’s style. And even though her father has provided a crew of seasoned veterans to baby-sit the fledgling captain on her maiden milk run, they can’t stop Ky from turning the routine mission into a risky venture–in the name of turning a profit for Vatta Transport, of course.
By snapping up a lucrative delivery contract defaulted on by a rival company, and using part of the proceeds to upgrade her condemned vehicle, Ky aims to prove she’s got more going for her than just her family’s famous name. But business will soon have to take a backseat to bravery, when Ky’s change of plans sails her and the crew straight into the middle of a colonial war. For all her commercial savvy, it’s her military training and born-soldier’s instincts that Ky will need to call on in the face of deadly combat, dangerous mercenaries, and violent mutiny. . . .
“Compelling . . . a superior novel . . . Trading in Danger [has] originality and intelligence.”—SciFi
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