Trading in Danger (Vattas War)
by By Moon, Elizabeth
Category: Fiction , Science Fiction , Adventure

"Filled with fast-paced action and well-conceived characters.”—BooklistKylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father’s only   child to buck tradition by choosing a military career instead of joining the family   business. For Ky, it’s no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd.   shipping concern can’t hold a candle to shipping out as an officer aboard an interstellar   cruiser. It’s adventure, not commerce, that stirs her soul. And despite her family’s   misgivings, there can be no doubt that a Vatta in the service will prove a valuable   asset. But with a single error in judgment, it all comes crumbling down. Expelled   from the Academy in disgrace–and returning home to her humiliated family, a storm   of high-profile media coverage, and the gaping void of her own future–Ky is ready   to face the inevitable onslaught of anger, disappointment, even pity. But soon after   opportunity’s door slams shut, Ky finds herself with a ticket to ride– and a shot   at redemption–as captain of a Vatta Transport ship. It’s a simple assignment: escorting   one of the Vatta fleet’s oldest ships on its final voyage . . . to the scrapyard.   But keeping it simple has never been Ky’s style. And even though her father has provided   a crew of seasoned veterans to baby-sit the fledgling captain on her maiden milk   run, they can’t stop Ky from turning the routine mission into a risky venture–in   the name of turning a profit for Vatta Transport, of course. By snapping up a lucrative   delivery contract defaulted on by a rival company, and using part of the proceeds   to upgrade her condemned vehicle, Ky aims to prove she’s got more going for her than   just her family’s famous name. But business will soon have to take a backseat to   bravery, when Ky’s change of plans sails her and the crew straight into the middle   of a colonial war. For all her commercial savvy, it’s her military training and born-soldier’s   instincts that Ky will need to call on in the face of deadly combat, dangerous mercenaries,   and violent mutiny. . . .“Compelling . . . a superior novel . . . Trading in Danger [has] originality and intelligence.”—SciFi