The Better Part of Valor (Torin Kerr: Confederation Series #2) by Tanya Huff

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The Barnes & Noble Review
What happens when a staff sergeant questions a two-star general's parentage to his face? Torin Kerr discovers the answer in Tanya Huff's much-anticipated sequel to Valor's Choice.

Separated from her company, Kerr is ordered to report to a top-secret reconnaissance mission, either as punishment for her quick mouth or praise for her service. Kerr must turn a ragtag group of Marines into a cohesive fighting unit in a matter of days, while maneuvering through the murky political waters of the Confederation.

Huff's vivid creation of alien species and how they interact gives this novel a tangibility rarely found in futuristic SF. Fast-paced action and quick-witted quips create the intimate feeling of camaraderie that is necessary for any good military tale. Staff Sergeant Kerr's character maintains steely control in the toughest situations, a heroine cut from the same cloth as P.I. Vicki Nelson from Huff's Blood Price series. (S.A.)

From the Publisher

Best known for her Quarters series and vampire novels, Tanya Huff stunned critics and fans with Valor's Choice, her first military science fiction novel. This thrilling sequel follows the Confederation's investigation of a seemingly abandoned alien spaceship.

KLIATT

Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr of the Space Marines mouthed off to the wrong two-star general, and suddenly finds herself on a dangerous mission: take a platoon of Marines to protect a scientific expedition to a new and unknown spaceship. Saddled with a grandstanding commander and a pushy, obnoxious reporter, Torin will have all her survival skills tested. An explosion leaves her and her charges struggling to get out of a ship filled with the enemy Others, a ship that mysteriously changes its configurations on a regular basis. The ship itself seems determined to test them, and allowing them to leave alive isn't necessarily one of its goals. This book is Rendezvous with Rama for the rest of us: exciting, mysterious and full of action and puzzles to solve. Torin is everything you want in an action heroine (or hero, for that matter), and this book will leave readers anxious for her next adventure. For all SF collections, especially where military SF is popular. KLIATT Codes: SA—Recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2002, DAW, 411p., Root

Library Journal

When Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr makes the mistake of speaking her mind to a superior officer, she finds herself tagged for a special mission for the interplanetary Confederation to act as protector to a scientific exploratory team assigned to investigate an enormous derelict spaceship. Along with her crew and her charges, Kerr soon finds herself in the midst of danger and faced with a mystery that takes all her courage and ingenuity to solve. This sequel to Valor's Choice, featuring a gutsy, fast-thinking female space-marine protagonist, establishes veteran fantasy author Huff as an accomplished spinner of high-tech military-sf adventure. For most sf collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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