elizabeth moon

This is a difficult book for me to review. I thought it largely fell apart about halfway through, but I gather Moon suffered some sort of serious concussion during the writing of this book (She makes an unspecific reference to it in the acknowledgements at the end) and it may be that that caused...

Elizabeth Moon, Remnant Population Remnant Population tells the story of a woman who stays behind on an alien world when all of her fellow humans abandon a failed colony. Imagine the love-child of Robinson Crusoe and Enemy Mine with Ursula K. LeGuin acting as midwife and you’ll get some idea as...

Planetary colonists are required to evacuate the planet that has been home for 40 years as the interstellar corporation that runs the colony has lost the ‘franchise’ for this planet. So they must move everyone to a new planet whilst another corporation will take over and bring in their own...

Command Decision Elizabeth Moon Del Rey, March 2007, $24.95, 400 pp. ISBN 0345491599 In the very distant future whole galaxies have been colonized by humans and the ISC has created the ansible system which allows instantaneous communication between worlds and solar systems. Gammis Turek leads a...

Victory Conditions Elizabeth Moon Del Rey, Feb 2008, $26.00 ISBN: 0345491610 The ISC war against Gammis Turek and his pirate empire has enabled Kylara Vatta to rise rapidly in the admiralty to where the relatively youthful officer commands forty spacecraft. However, she knows the enemy is...

Serrano Succession Elizabeth Moon Baen, Sep 8 2009, $24.00 ISBN: 9781439132883 “Change of Command”. The Familias Regnant are stunned when the dynastic head Bunny Thornbuckle is assassinated. The murder throws the Family into chaos and discord. Hobart Conselline cleverly takes advantage of the...

Oath Of Fealty Elizabeth Moon Del Rey, Mar 16 2010, $25.00 ISBN: 9780345508744 Due to the efforts of the farmer’s daughter Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter, who as the paladin saved the kingdom, half-breed elf Kieri Phelan sits precariously on the throne. He must protect his nation from enemies...

Kings of the North Elizabeth Moon Del Rey, Mar 22 2011, $26.00 ISBN 9780345508751 Former mercenary leader Kieri Phelan has become the King of Lyonya while Mikeli is crowned ruler of Tsaia. At the same time Senior Captain of the Second Cohort mercenary company Dorrin has become the Duke of...

Echoes of Betrayal: Paladin’s Legacy Elizabeth Moon Del Rey, Feb 21 2012, $26.00 ISBN: 9780345508768 King Kieri of Lyonya and hybrid elf Arian prepare to marry. However, his dead ancestors caution him to trust no one as treachery follows him and he needs to watch his beloved; but especially his...

Picked up book 1 in her Vatta's War series. Is it a good book/series and is she a good writer?

I’ve read some good books this year - some great ones even. But I think the book I will remember most from this year is The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon. I admit I’ve been a fan of Elizabeth for some years now. I picked up her Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy in a single volume in the US when...

Seeing Mark's comments (female authors thread) about her Paksenarrion books piqued my interest. A few short clicks and I found that she seems to write mostly SF. Any comments about her earlier fantasy trilogy? An omnibus edition is available and I'm thinking about getting it.

It strikes me that whilst many here have discussed the merits of Jordan, Feist, Gemmell and Hobb, Elizabeth Moon remains undiscovered as a fantasy writer by many. It's true that the majority of her work has been in a Science Fiction series that I would not rate that highly, but she has written...

im about halfway through Hunting Party and while it isnt the best book ive read, it passes the time quite nicely.Im just wondering how the rest of the serrano books are - and what the general feeling about the quality of her work and if it is worth reading the rest of the series.