Blurb:
Space
pirates? Invisible asteroids? Six-limbed aliens invading from the Lesser
Magellanic Cloud? Bring 'em on, Beverly Bronte is ready to handle them. As
Ensign Bronte, a new graduate of the Trans-Planetary Patrol Academy and the
first woman assigned to serve on a Patrol spaceship, Beverly shows her native
intelligence and ingenuity in solving problems ... and she also shows her
ability to deck a space marine of twice her weight. Promotions come fast, but
the challenges come faster in this action packed space saga.
Review:
I
think the cover of this book is a bit misleading. The cover is somewhat sexier than the book
is. I don’t recall Beverly wearing any
sexy outfits. She begins as a cadet at
the Trans-Planetary Patrol Academy, and we follow her career through the
book. She reminded me a bit of Honor
Harrington of the Royal Manticoran Navy series by David Weber, which is high
praise since I’m such a fan of those books, I’m a Lieutenant Commander in the
RMN (aka, a member of the Honor Harrington fan club). The difference is, women are not yet accepted
in the TPP and Beverly Bronte has to work twice as hard to prove herself to the
men around her. That’s not too
difficult, though—Beverly is twice as
good as the men around her.
It
is really great to read a book with a strong heroine that is written by a
man. It takes a real man, secure in his
masculinity, who truly loves and understands women to do so. The few I can toss off the top of my head are
Robert A. Heinlein, David Weber, Jim Butcher (Karen Murphy and other women in
the Harry Dresden series), and James Hartley.
In addition to giving us a strong woman to admire, Beverly Bronte, Space
Chick is a fast-paced, adrenalin-loaded space adventure that kept me on the
edge of my seat, gave me a good chuckle here and there, and thoroughly
entertained me. And isn’t that why we
read fiction of any kind? Great book!
Length:
209 Pages
Price:
$5.50
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Editors and cover artists usually receive about 5%. When you buy a book from Amazon, Barnes &
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Publisher.com and you buy from there, the author will receive about $2.40. If you buy the book at Amazon, the author
will receive about $0.83.
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