Cold Welcome

Elizabeth Moon

Apr 2017 · Vatta's Peace Book 1 · Sold by Del Rey

About this ebook

Nebula Award–winning author Elizabeth Moon makes a triumphant return to science fiction with a thrilling series featuring Kylara Vatta, the daring hero of her acclaimed Vatta’s War sequence.

After nearly a decade away, Nebula Award–winning author Elizabeth Moon makes a triumphant return to science fiction with this installment in a thrilling new series featuring the daring hero of her acclaimed Vatta’s War sequence.

Summoned to the home planet of her family’s business empire, space-fleet commander Kylara Vatta is told to expect a hero’s welcome. But instead she is thrown into danger unlike any other she has faced and finds herself isolated, unable to communicate with the outside world, commanding a motley group of unfamiliar troops, and struggling day by day to survive in a deadly environment with sabotaged gear. Only her undeniable talent for command can give her ragtag band a fighting chance.

Yet even as Ky leads her team from one crisis to another, her family and friends refuse to give up hope, endeavoring to mount a rescue from halfway around the planet—a task that is complicated as Ky and her supporters find secrets others will kill to protect: a conspiracy infecting both government and military that threatens not only her own group’s survival but her entire home planet.

Ratings and reviews

My enjoyment of the series really plummeted. The author has created a universe of idiots that lack common sense in order to make the protagonists look smart and put them in incredibly contrived situations. The protagonists own some of the biggest companies in the galaxy, but can barely afford to pay bills. The enemies are really good at hiding and have ultra secure communications, but the protagonists who own communication companies can't make any secured calls for fear of being tapped. The protagonists have chips in their head that records everything they see but this is conveniently forgotten when trying to produce evidence. I was enjoying the series but it's gotten impossible to ignore how bad the contrived situations are. I'm not sure I can finish the seventh book because it's gotten so bad.

Somebody was so proud of their supposed knowledge of military titles and command structure that they a wrote a novel just to show off. This book could have been half as long and twice as fun to read without all the military jargon.

It's never boring with Ky Vatta around!

About the author

Elizabeth Moon grew up on the Texas border, served three years of active duty in the USMC (1968–71), and now lives with her husband, also a veteran, near Austin, Texas. She has published more than twenty-five novels, including Nebula Award winner The Speed of Dark, Hugo finalist Remnant Population, and the enduring epic fantasy series The Chronicles of Paksenarrion. She has published more than fifty short-fiction pieces in anthologies and magazines and in four of her own short-fiction collections, most recently Moon Flights and Deeds of Honor. When not writing, Moon enjoys photographing native plants and wildlife, knitting socks, and cooking.