false <![CDATA[The Outback Stars]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175052837m/474113.jpg 474113 2 Lieutenant Jodenny Scott is a hero. She has the medals and the scars to prove it. Shes cooling her heels on Kookaburra, recovering from injuries sustained during the fiery loss of her last ship, the Yangtze, and shes boredso bored, in fact, that she takes a berth on the next ship out. Thats a mistake. The Aral Sea isnt anyones idea of a get-well tour. Jodennys handed a division full of misfits, incompetents, and criminals. Shes a squared-away officer. She thinks she can handle it all. Shes wrong. Aral Sea isnt a happy ship. And its about to get a lot unhappier. As Aral Sea enters the Alcheringathe alien-constructed space warp that allows giant settler-ships to travel between worlds, away from all help or hopeJodenny comes face to face with something powerful enough to dwarf even the unknown force that destroyed her last ship and left her with missing memories and bloody nightmares. Lieutenant Jodenny Scott is about to be introduced to love. 462367 17 4 2007 The Outback Stars total:72|5:13|4:21|3:28|2:8|1:2| 72 251 124 33 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 00:14:11 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 00:17:51 -0800 2009 The Outback Stars is military scifi meets space opera meets Australian mythology. If you are a fan of Elizabeth Moon, Linnea Sinclair, or Ann Aguirre, there's a good chance you'll enjoy this one. Specifically, it reminded me in many ways of the wonderful Games of Command. So if you're a fan of that ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 07:17:49 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:01:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 10:41:52 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 10:41:17 -0700 2009 1 Actual rating: 1.75 - didn't "hate it" but it's not really "OK"

Yawn...just, yawn.

There's nothing terribly "wrong" about this book but there's nothing awfully "right" about it either. The story takes place in an indeterminate future wher...more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 02:31:09 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 15:33:19 -0800 2009 The Outback Stars up. I'm glad I did.

I love both SF and Romance and am delighted when the two are well blended. Ms. McDonald does that pretty well.

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