Better Part Of Valor: Amazon.ca: Tanya Huff: Books

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When Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr makes the mistake of speaking her mind to a superior officer, she finds herself tagged for a special mission for the interplanetary Confederation to act as protector to a scientific exploratory team assigned to investigate an enormous derelict spaceship. Along with her crew and her charges, Kerr soon finds herself in the midst of danger and faced with a mystery that takes all her courage and ingenuity to solve. This sequel to Valor's Choice, featuring a gutsy, fast-thinking female space-marine protagonist, establishes veteran fantasy author Huff as an accomplished spinner of high-tech military-sf adventure. For most sf collections.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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Best known for her Quarters series and vampire novels, Tanya Huff stunned critics and fans with Valor's Choice, her first military science fiction novel. This thrilling sequel follows the Confederation's investigation of a seemingly abandoned alien spaceship.

"Solid...entertaining...rousing military adventure." (Locus)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Marines in a Maze, Dec 25 2002

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Arthur W. Jordin (Smyrna, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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The Better Part of Valor is the second novel in the Confederation series. After bringing home the surviving marines from Silsvah, Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr is detached to a recon unit investigating "an unidentified alien vessel drifting dead in space". ...

This novel differs in many respects from Valor's Choice. The naval problems are mostly a sideshow and the Others soldiers are just more of the same. The real problem is the personnel, particularly Captain Tarvik, and the alien ship. All indications are that the ship is running rats in a maze, setting puzzles to be solved by both parties in competition. Torin, of course, is mainly concerned with getting her group home without further casualties and could otherwise care less about the ship's agenda.

Recommended for all Huff fans and anyone who enjoys tense military interaction dramas, with a touch of jarhead humor.

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5.0 out of 5 stars HUMOR, ACTION, SUSPENSE, Dec 23 2003

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Maxine Doner "mshedd" (Brighton, CO. USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a fast-paced novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I loved the quirky humor and the diversity of the characters.

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4.0 out of 5 stars I was hoping to see all of the characters of the previous, Jan 10 2003

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Thorn "thornsilver" (Forest Hills, NY United States) - See all my reviews

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book. Oh, well.
Still, interesting comments on the leadership. Good action scenes and an ending twist you would not belive. However, the romance angle should have been drowned at birth.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Where'd that ship come from?
Better Part of Valor, by Tanya Huff, is the second in what appears to be an ongoing series of books about Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr, and her adventures in the Marines. Read more

Published on Oct 21 2002 by David Roy

1.0 out of 5 stars Cliché confetti
Huff has turned out a lot of type here, but no substance. The clichés number in the 2-3 per page range, the banter between characters is right off prime-time sit coms, the... Read more

Published on Sep 6 2002 by F. O. Andrew