Review: Milk-Run to Run-for-Your-Life
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2013
Book 4, Commander, has David Birkenhead beached for a little while. The book is slow going during the political behind-the-scenes maneuvering, but returns to its High Space Opera Military genre best when David does a milk-run to the capital to drop off his adopted human uncle. (Yes, David is a rabbit -get over your herbivore bias or get run over.)The milk-run gets redirected. Piracy and giving the bad guys a huge black eye follows. I am not going to give any spoilers.David continues to fight the stigma of being the member of a genetically engineered slave race. During one investigation into his past, he talks to a gene engineers who compares her status as a woman in science to his ex-slave status. I've had seen similar reactions from black males when a white woman compares their situations - mostly a "huh?" and "you don't understand slavery, girl". Again the series keeps the sociological worldbuilding spot on!Overall, I find the flavor and pacing of the series similar to Kris Longknife (by Mike Shepherd).