Musing Mondays, May 12, 2014.

TC is in the sun musing about the chipmunk she sees out the window.

Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week…Musing Mondays is sponsored by Should Be Reading.
• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it! 
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!

• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!

One of my son's was visiting last week.  We share some similar reading tastes and I pulled out several hard copy Military Science Fiction titles that I liked.  Two were part of new series, H. Paul Honsinger's Man of War Series,Marko Kloos'  Frontline Series and Gordon Savage's Peacemaker which is a stand-alone.  He looked them over and decided to give them a try.  The books were right in front of him but instead of reading the hard covers he purchased the ebook copies.  He told me he just could not read a paper copy any more.  (That meant he could not read Peacemaker as it is not available as an ebook.)  He only reads ebooks.  I was surprised as I read both.  I love paper but also like ebooks.  How about you?  Which do you prefer?  Do you know anyone else who will not read paper copies anymore? 

Peacemaker 2546 AD – The Corona Rebellion by Gordon Savage

Science Fiction

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.

Stacking the Shelves, Feburary 1, 2014

Some of the Books Stacked on My Shelves

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books I am adding to my shelves. They may it be physical or virtual. I include books I buy in a physical store or online, books I borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!  Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews.  Follow the link to see what others have on their shelves.

I was in Denver, CO most of last week.  At trip to the Tattered Cover is a must when visiting.  I purchased one book while I was there.  It is Science Fiction by a Colorado author. When I got home I had several books from Amazon Vine.  I also had a book and several nice bookmarks I won.

From the Tattered Cover:

Peacemaker (The Corona Rebellion, 2564 AD)  by Gordon Savage.

From Amazon Vine:

Home to Seaview Key by Sherryl Woods
To Honor You Call Us (Man of War Series)  by H. Paul Honsinger
Moth and Spark by Anne Leonard
Discover Europe published by Lonely Planet

Won:

The Christmas Cats Chase Christmas Rats by Constance Corcoran Wilson, Art by Gary McCluskey
Bookmarks from Cate Dean featuring The Claire Wiche Chronicles