llcoolvad | addition to books 2013

56. Venetia's Song, Suzanne Palmer, SF. [currently not published] YAY! Having beta reader status totally pays off. Scottish native Fergus Ferguson is a retriever of missing things. He's out to the "armpit of the galactic spiral arm" settlement of Cernekkan to retrieve a stolen luxury spaceship from a local thug, and while attempting to do so he manages to trigger all manner of trouble. There are aliens, gun-runners, clones?, EMP mines, asteroids filled with sewage, plagues of ticks, trips to Mars, staggering amounts of dumb luck, and an inter-settlement war. I would love it even if Suzanne weren't my bestie! But she is.