The Better Part of Valor, Tanya Huff
The Better Part of Valor, Tanya Huff
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The Better Part of Valor

Author: Tanya Huff

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 10 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/19/2009

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Telling a two-star general what she really thought of him was the mistake Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr made with General Morris. But as a battle-hardened professional, she took pride in doing her job and getting her troops back alive. So after she'd saved the mission to bring the Silsviss into the Confederation—instead of losing them and their world to the enemy known only as the Others—she let the general know exactly how she felt.

And Torin's reward—or punishment—was to be separated from her platoon and sent off on what might well prove an even more perilous assignment. She was commandeered to protect a scientific expedition to a newly discovered and seemingly derelict spaceship of truly epic proportions. And Confederation politics had saddled her with a commanding officer who might prove more of a menace to the mission's success than anything they encountered.

Only time would tell if the ship was what it appeared to be or a trap created by the Others—or the work of an as yet unknown alien race with an agenda that could prove all too hostile to other life-forms.

About Tanya Huff

Tanya Huff spent three years in the Canadian Naval Reserve, then earned a degree in radio and television arts from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. She is the author of numerous short stories and more than twenty novels, including the bestselling Blood books, the Smoke series, and the Keeper's Chronicles. She has been the guest of honor at numerous American and Canadian conventions, and her work has been nominated for several awards. She lives in Ontario, Canada.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on May 12, 2014

The last time we saw Sgt. Kerr she was somewhat obliquely telling a General what she thought of officers (view spoiler)[ "I can't be an officer, my parents were married" (hide spoiler)] . It was however not quite "oblique" enough. The Sgt. has been given a "special" assignment. From here we launch off on another action packed milita......more

Goodreads review by Emily on December 02, 2018

another 3.5 star read. entertaining, but forgettable.......more

Goodreads review by Mardel on August 05, 2011

Even though I read this about a month ago, taking a very long time to review, I enjoyed the hell out of this book. In fact, I went into a serious reading frenzy. Taking a chance, I had bought the first four novels in this series (two of them in the omnibus edition, giving me a two for the price of o......more

Goodreads review by Katyana on June 03, 2024

This series is excellent. The politics still make me angry, but they are supposed to. I hate that Torin just has to suck it up. And I hate that reporter. Torin should have drop-kicked her down a shaft. Or left her behind when she insisted she wasn't going down the crate. People like that are TSTL, and......more

Goodreads review by Lilia on July 18, 2015

3.5 This was my least favorite of the Confederation series, though it was a satisfying enough read and is crucial for setting up the books that follow. For a review of the series as a whole, see my review of Valor's Choice.......more