Trade secret
Subtitle: a new Liaden universe novel
By: Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Contributors: Miller, Steve, 1950 July 31-
Series: The Liaden universe
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781451639292; 9781451639308
Subjects: Space colonies; Fiction; Life on other planets
Description: "In a universe full of interstellar intrigue and burgeoning commerce novice Terran trader Jethri Gobelyn, adopted by a Liaden clan, settles into a comfortable and even elite routine, a Trader's Ring his goal. Even as Jethri's initiation into the Liaden Festival bring him to manhood he's forced to face Necessity and the facts of life: his adoption has also invigorated a net of unfinished Balance far more complex and potentially deadly than a simple Terran blood feud. He must embrace his Terran birthright as well as his Liaden connections while leaving behind the safety of the great Liaden trade ship Elthoria to defend his honor and that of shipmates past and present"--
Notes: "A Baen Books original"--T.p. verso.