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The Road of Danger (Lt. Leary / RCN #9)
by
David Drake
#9 in the national best selling RCN space adventure series.
Captain Daniel Leary with his friend–and spy–Officer Adele Mundy are sent to a quiet sector to carry out an easy task: helping the local admiral put down a coup before it takes place. But then the jealous admiral gets rid of them by sending them off on a wild goose chase to a sector where commerce is king and busi
...moreHardcover, 349 pages
Published
April 3rd 2012
by Baen
(first published April 1st 2012)
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Leary and Adele scotch a nefarious scheme by some disaffected and corrupt Alliance officers to restart the war with a civil conflict in a remote border area. I keep reading this series because of its great characters and high action storylines, but the repetitiveness is really getting to me--not just the way that certain word pairings like "Tovera" and "sociopath" recur, but the way the characters keep falling into ruminations (often in the midst of battles or at other inappropriate times) on th...more
I admit, I haven't read any of the previous books in this series, but really, I wouldn't call this a space opera, which is what attracted me to this book. I have a soft spot for the high action, high drama of space operas... this seemed to me to be so slow as to be mostly character development, though there's some space opera-like action at the end.
It's a tale of a naval corvette and her crew as they are sent on a 'hopeless' task. They slowly wend their way through various challenges till finall...more
It's a tale of a naval corvette and her crew as they are sent on a 'hopeless' task. They slowly wend their way through various challenges till finall...more
Once again we join Daniel Leary and Adele Mundy with the crew of the Princess Cecile. A Cinnabar national is inciting rebellion on an Alliance world. With the two nations now at peace, the political situations is sticky. If the rebellion succeeds, it could mean resumption of hostilities, and that would be ruinous for both sides.
Another fun adventure with our friends, this time rather interestingly splitting our two protagonists up for a good long section. While I do enjoy the reading, I get the...more
Another fun adventure with our friends, this time rather interestingly splitting our two protagonists up for a good long section. While I do enjoy the reading, I get the...more
Not the strongest in this series--but hey, still pretty darn good.
Peace has broken out between Cinnabar and the Alliance, so there's officially not a whole lot for Leary, Adele and the rest of the crew of the Princess Cecile (the Sissies)to do. So they are in the back of beyond, delivering messages and being drafted for a 'hopeless' mission. Adele also has her own mission, from her second employer, spy-master Mistress Sand. There are a goodly number of twists and turns as the plot unfolds, of c...more
Peace has broken out between Cinnabar and the Alliance, so there's officially not a whole lot for Leary, Adele and the rest of the crew of the Princess Cecile (the Sissies)to do. So they are in the back of beyond, delivering messages and being drafted for a 'hopeless' mission. Adele also has her own mission, from her second employer, spy-master Mistress Sand. There are a goodly number of twists and turns as the plot unfolds, of c...more
I'm probably being hard on the book when I give it two stars, but I've enjoyed the series so much, that I suppose that I just demand more from the books than I might from a different series or stand-alone.
I usually enjoy the characters, and the whole Master/Commander cloning thing doesn't bug me at all. It seems that the character of Mundy is starting to become a caricature of herself, with all her main features being blown out of proportion. And her constant self analysis is starting to wear on...more
I usually enjoy the characters, and the whole Master/Commander cloning thing doesn't bug me at all. It seems that the character of Mundy is starting to become a caricature of herself, with all her main features being blown out of proportion. And her constant self analysis is starting to wear on...more
Not on a par with the best in the series, but still good, and better than a lot that's out there.
As always there's a lot going on with Adele Mundy being communications officer, spy and Lady Mundy on occasion. And Daniel is ship captain and son of an important politician.
As always Drake uses ancient history for his plot beginning, though I can seldom follow that original since it's pretty obscure.
Best if you've read previous books in the series so you know who's who and who has what roles and wha...more
As always there's a lot going on with Adele Mundy being communications officer, spy and Lady Mundy on occasion. And Daniel is ship captain and son of an important politician.
As always Drake uses ancient history for his plot beginning, though I can seldom follow that original since it's pretty obscure.
Best if you've read previous books in the series so you know who's who and who has what roles and wha...more
Daniel Leary and his friend Adele Mundy are the main characters in one of my favorite Science Fiction Series. In their latest adventure they are sent on a fool’s journey but of course it turns out to be anything but. This one is written from both Daniel and Adele’s point of view. For most of the book they are working on the same mission in separate locations. There is a lot of back story dropped into the book. Even so I suggest that you start this series from book one.
Perhaps the Leary series is getting a bit long in the tooth. The formula still works, but it's getting a bit old and stale. Also, Drake falls a bit into Turtledove mode in this one, just how may times in one book do we need to hear that Tovera is a paranoid psychopath, or that Mundy considers herself not part of the human race? Those are significant character bits, but repeating them each 10 or more times in a single book, especially one this late in a series where most readers will know all tha...more
I love this series. I'm giving up on this one for now at about a third of the way through. It is very slow going and for some reason difficult to figure out what is going on. Adele seems to be the main character in this one and I like Daniel better. Not only that but the author is hitting us over the head with Adele's oddities and her data gathering thing and I get it already. In fact I got it several books ago. I hope to try again later.
This installment of the Lt. Leary series is just as entertaining as its predecessors. As always, I enjoy the revisioning of historic events that Drake uses as the core of his plots. The characters remain static in their development, but its a formula that works... With Lt. Leary you know you're going to get action, plot, and more action. The pages keep turning and that's a good thing.
The Sissie's save the day. Up Cinnebar! The RCN may be corrupt but its all that stands between us and The Alliance. She's a Mundy of Chattsworth, by god!. O'Leary does his wide eyed innocent act and the entire universe is saved except for those who are shot through the eye, twice. Adele's signature double tap.Some able information gathering and the crew is growing in talents.
not my favorite series, I enjoy the stories but not the overall "feel" of the universe its set in. Plus Drake spends too much time re-explaining the characters - I know you need a certain amount of this since not everyone has read all the books in the series (I have), but it is not required to do it repeatedly in the same book.
This seemed to spend the 1st 50 pages or so saying again & again how Adele / Tovera see the world differently - by this point in the series I have got the point.
After that though the story picked up well.
The events actually follow on fairly closely from the previous book - it would of been better if I'd read that one more recently.
After that though the story picked up well.
The events actually follow on fairly closely from the previous book - it would of been better if I'd read that one more recently.
The latest Leary and Mundy tale. A whirlwind tale of intrigue and adventure which stretches and enhances the relationship between Daniel Leary and Adele Mundy, placing both in unfamiliar roles. A quick read filled with the expected dangers and fights.
This is a very good story delivered in execrable prose. This is a tragedy. If only Drake had got one of his co-writers to deal with this plot it would have been excellent.
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I think that your site is full of bulls*&! as this book has not been released yet. And currently has a release date in April of this year. I guess the quoted price is so high to cover the cost of the time travel equipment used to retrieve the book.
For the person who correctly states that the official release date is April -- ebooks are generally available well before the official release date on the Baen web site.
Adele and David are separated during the course of the book, but reunite near the end to triumph. I miss the space battles, but still enjoyable.
Maybe a bit better than OK, but couldn't stretch it to 3. Unlike the author who seems to have stretched this series beyond any hint of freshness.
Yet another Aubrey/Maturin novel -- I mean, Leary / Mundy. The world has been fully realized for some time now, and Road of Danger doesn't really add much, nor does it really flesh out the characters (who are quite familiar by now). Still, it's well written and if it's more of the same, that same is good!
I love Drake and this series, but it could have used some tighter editing. More action, please.
So hard to decide which character I like the most. Lady Mundy or Hogg. Another great story for the Sissie's crew
An entertaining series. Much worse ways to while away metro commutes and waiting rooms.
Drake needs to wind this series up; maybe have Adele Mundy take out Speaker Leary.
Another delightful Leary-Mundy adventure. This one lacked epic space-opera-ish battles, but the interaction between the characters is just as good as Drake has always delivered in this series. Excellent and intelligent military sf.
While not the best of the Leary/Mundy (RCN) series, this is a solid entry, and it's always great to see the pair in action, either together or separately. If it doesn't match the peaks of the series, it's just because those peaks are *really* high. Drake's inspired combination of situations drawn from history and a pretty consistent and original future setting, serves to set off his wonderful main characters. Great space opera, in the best meaning of the term.
Another trip with Mundy and Leary. And that is about all. It was entertaining but not something that I would point to as Drake's best in the series.
Not as much character development in this one as usual, so it felt a bit light on content, but it was good.
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