Review: This Author is getting better
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2014
Wow! I have been reading his stuff since April, which was raw, rough, but had a terrific story and cast of characters. Gradually, as the books came out, I saw improvements in his writing, until now. I'd stack Family Law up against any space opera you could name.Family Law begins with a tragedy that leaves a young girl in the care of the only other adult she has even known. Only he isn't her species. Gordon, the huge Derf, who looks more like a grizzly bear than anything human, is now left in charge of the preternaturally smart Lee, a girl who has never lived in a human culture. She's ship born and bred. But by her parent's request, Gordon adopts Lee as his own daughter.Then the real fun begins… in space and on Earth, Gordon and Lee must work together to keep their family whole, and they have the resources to do it, from the habitable world they can claim, which took the lives of her parents. Loonie society on the Moon's surface (and below) accepts them, but once on Earth's surface, it's a different story, and a family court makes a hasty decision that precipitates war between the USNA and the Derf.