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Monday, August 19, 2019

Shadow of Empire by Jay Allan


Arkarin Blackhawk is a mercenary and a smuggler operating in the Far Stars.  The Far Stars are just that, far from the tyrannical empire that appears to have made Blackhawk the man he is. Blackhawk has a crew of extraordinarily loyal misfits who excel at mayhem.   Blackhawk has lifted each and every one of them out of an untenable situation and earned their undying loyalty.   Blackhawk is tasked with finding his friend’s daughter, Astra, who has been kidnapped.  

Blackhawks sordid past is referred to but never back storied so we have nothing but inferences as to how his body and character have been built.  He spends a lot of time agonizing over his past sins with no reference to what they were.    His crew doesn’t care who he was before only that they owe him their lives and they stand stalwartly behind him.

This is a space opera that was a delight to read and I look forward to the second volume.


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