From Goodreads:
Sometimes
even a Peacemaker has to slap the bad guys upside the head to get them to
listen to reason.
"Two
hundred years after the first settlers land on the planet Corona, the colonists
face a nightmare situation. Natives have been reported, and colonizing an
inhabited planet is prohibited.
Threatened
with relocation, Coronans rebel to defend‐at all cost—the only home they've
ever known. When an explosion leaves a cloud of ions in place of his star ship,
stranding Peacemaker, Commander Gus Colt, on the planet, he survives a crash
landing and escapes the rebels but is critically injured getting away. Natives
deliver him to a loyalist widow's farm for medical treatment, where he falls in
love with her and unintentionally draws her into danger.
If Colt is to stop the fighting and
bring the bad guys to justice, he must identify the real perpetrator, discover
the secret to the natives, and protect the woman he loves. It's a life or death
struggle that will take all his wits, audacity, and raw determination."
I picked up Peacemaker when I was in
Denver and visiting the Tattered Cover.
Gordon Savage lives in Colorado and this was a recommended as good book
by a local author. It was a very
good recommendation.
I have to say this is a different
take on being in the Space Navy.
Our hero, Gus Colt, will use force if he has too but just enough to get
the job done. That means he
thinks things through before acting and finds solutions that do the least
amount of damage.
I loved both the human settlers on
Corona and the natives who (spoiler) may not be natives at all. Gus interacts with both, finds allies
with both and helps find a solution to the rebellion.
The world building is great. It is worked into the action and lets
the world emerge as the story progresses.
The same is true for the character building. The characters development happens as a part of the
action. The plot is well though
out with action, danger and romance all moving toward a great ending. The writing is smooth and matches the
story. My only problem, and it was
a not a big one, was with some of the formatting. Sometimes there was not indication that there was a scene
change. I would be lost for a few
seconds until I realized what had happened.
I hope Gordon Savage continues to
write and publish additional Science Fiction novels. Peacemaker is the kind of Science Fiction I love to
read.
Thornton Publishing published
Peacemaker by Gordon Savage in 2012.
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