Review: Action, Danger and Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2014
I picked up Peacemaker when I was in Denver and visiting the Tattered Cover.  Gordon Savage lives in Colorado and this was a recommended as good book by a local author.  It was a very good recommendation.I have to say this is a different take on being in the Space Navy.  Our hero, Gus Colt, will use force if he has too but just enough to get the job done.  That means he thinks things through before acting and finds solutions that do the least amount of damage.I loved both the human settlers on Corona and the natives who (spoiler) may not be natives at all.  Gus interacts with both, finds allies with both and helps find a solution to the rebellion.The world building is great.  It is worked into the action and lets the world emerge as the story progresses.  The same is true for the character building.  The characters development happens as a part of the action.  The plot is well though out with action, danger and romance all moving toward a great ending.  The writing is smooth and matches the story.  My only problem, and it was a not a big one, was with some of the formatting.  Sometimes there was not indication that there was a scene change.  I would be lost for a few seconds until I realized what had happened.I hope Gordon Savage continues to write and publish additional Science Fiction novels.  Peacemaker is the kind of Science Fiction I love to read.