Trading in Danger, Elizabeth Moon
Trading in Danger, Elizabeth Moon
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Trading in Danger

Author: Elizabeth Moon

Narrator: Cynthia Holloway

Unabridged: 13 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/17/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Kylara 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.

About Elizabeth Moon

Elizabeth Moon is the author of many novels, including Victory Conditions, Command Decision, Engaging the Enemy, Marque and Reprisal, Trading in Danger, the Nebula Award winner The Speed of Dark, and Remnant Population, a Hugo Award finalist. After earning a degree in history from Rice University, Moon went on to obtain a degree in biology from the University of Texas, Austin. She lives in Florence, Texas.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Brian on 2011-03-30 14:04:42

I'm a fan of space opera, but I prefer fast-paced action, whereas this book had an almost painfully slow pace and focused on in-depth descriptions of the characters' clothing, food, emotions, and feelings could almost be described as full of teenage angst.... Writing itself was fine, just not my cup of tea. Not trying to be mean, but this would be good sci-fi for people who are fans of shows like Gilmore Girls.

Goodreads review by Guy on May 12, 2008

OK, I'll admit it: I'm a sucker for space opera. Have been ever since my grandfather gave me a copy of E.E. "Doc" Smith's "Galactic Patrol" to read back when I was 9 years old. Always will be. And "Trading in Danger" is space opera.... I cracked the book shortly before midnight last night and finishe......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on January 21, 2022

I guess I didn't know exactly what to expect with this, but just looking at the cover made me think it was a bit of mil-sf-type space-opera fluff along the lines of Harrington, so I didn't think about giving it much of a chance. But when the opportunity finally presented itself, along with a bit of......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on September 16, 2012

Well, this is a "space opera" type of novel told from the point of view of a young captain on her first voyage as the captain of a merchant vessel. Direct from a shattering disappointment and possible scandal Kylara Vatta takes command of a small, obsolete trading vessel in her wealthy family's flee......more

Goodreads review by Justine on April 03, 2022

Plainly written and straightforward, but nonetheless engaging. Ky Vatta is kicked out of the military academy and is assigned by her space shipping magnate family to pilot an old cargo hauler to the scrapyard. En route Ky undergoes a journey of personal transformation, and there's a bit more exciteme......more

Goodreads review by Trin on February 27, 2008

Military space actiony stuff, which sadly pales in comparison to Lois McMaster Bujold, who (besides stuff like Star Wars, I guess) provided my first exposure to that genre. The problem, I think, is that there are really no (developed, memorable) characters in Trading in Danger besides the protagoni......more