Review: Derf for a dad?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2014
Family Law is the start of what may be a new series from Mackey Chandler. If you have had the opportunity to read the April series, you will enjoy the new work by the same author. A young girl, on a newly discovered planet, loses her parents to a heretofore unknown alien species. The survivors are an orphaned young human girl and her "uncle" now stepdad a Derf - think Grizzly bear with an extra set of arms and a keen mind. They become richer than you can imagine from their discovery and the royalties they derive from the new world. However, they end up fighting the prejudices of narrow minded bureaucrats. The prejudices of those running a restricted society turn costly when the Derf clan declare war.One of the best parts of the book shows what happens to a legalsystem that perverts justice. It is a biting commentary on the trajectory of our legal system.