Margaret Davis (1) (1951–)

This was a random choice of over 3000 books on my shelves.
I actually felt the blurb on the back was a bit of a spoiler, giving too many details instead of a"....but things are not as they seem....." type line.

I really liked the first part of this book, the struggling family freighting business desperate enough to pick up an unknown, presumably disgraced, past-haunted loner to assist with the piloting.
The development and building relationships between this loner and the rest of the cast was quite well done, along with the gradual discovery of his past.

Like a lot of other books I have read (Stephen King comes to mind), after spending a majority of the book nicely building up - the climax and resolution comes a bit abruptly and leaves me feeling a little disappointed.

Overall, very enjoyable - surprisingly so given I'd never heard of the author and the cover was just a typical generic spaceship picture which doesn't tend to inspire.… (altro)

Another from my "reading Del Rey Discovery" project. This was an entertaining sci-fi tale. After an elder member of their family passes away, a family-run trader ship is desperate for a new pilot. And on a backwater outpost, there's a pilot who's desperate for a job...
The family takes him on, and once he cleans up a bit, the current 'captain' begins to find him very attractive. Plus, he seems really talented. But why did he get fired from his last job, and from his military position before that? What's behind his mental distress?
There's been a cover-up, and disturbing facts begin to come to light - but a bold-enough family might be able to turn a seeming disaster into a commercial advantage.
Good enough that I'll read the sequel, but not a best-of-all-time.
… (altro)