Sometimes getting what you want is not enough.
When Diurnia Salvage and Transport undergoes a change in management, Captain Ishmael Horatio Wang finds himself adrift in a sea of red ink, and intrigue. He dives in only to find that he is over his head in a universe where cut-throat competition takes on an all new meaning.
What tragic price will he pay for his Owner’s Share?
Reading this again I stand by my last review, I love the three first in the series, number 4 and 6 have some smaller flaws that makes me like them a bit less with this one just having that really harsh gutpunch that feels a bit too quick after a caracter is reintroduced. Without that I think this book would be one of my favourites in the series.
The stories in the series have become more meditative and wistful as the main character aged, though this last installment takes a sudden turn in the last couple of chapters to bring it to the place it was meant to come to rest. There are probably a few things about the universe which never quite seem to make sense if one thinks about them too hard, a few tics which manifest themselves over and over again to nearly an implausible degree, but the emphasis on character in the midst of setting is what clearly matters to the author above everything. The books and the readings have won a number of awards and the fans of this author are numerous as well.
