The Bretton Katt Alliance – The Lorrondon Saga book 1
Margaret Garside
Reviewed by Jenny Salyers
It
is the year 2441. The two major powers in the galaxy are the Terrans
and the Neorans. Currently it is a time of strife between the two
races. Great
civil unrest is occurring because of the Terran military leader Victor
Bastian’s movement against Neoran populated planets in Terran Space.
This
leaves more and more Neorans fleeing for the safety of Neoran space as
refugees
with little to their names besides the clothes on their backs.
Anna Lorrondon-Helsak The chancellor of the planet Bowman secretly
breaks the long term alliance with the Neorans. Unknown to anyone, she
makes a
new alliance with old enemies of both the Terrans and the Neorans. When
she is
approached by her old friend Russorin the Neoran representative she
holds fast
to her idea of neutrality for Bowman. This is despite Russorin’s
predictions of
bad things to come for both races.
With no other choice left to her, Russoran turns to the free city of Breton-Katt for
help. The city, a center for learning
and commerce, is the Neoran’s last hope for an ally in Terran space.
There, she
uncovers a web of murder and blackmail Helped by Rob Lorrondon Anna’s
son
Russoran needs to get the alliance made and stop Anna’s plan to annex
Bretton
–Katt into Bowman. She needs to keep Anna from handing the city over to
its
enemies. But, will they be able to do this without triggering an all
out war?
Science fiction can be hard genre to write. With so many books written
already, it is very easy to start sounding like a rehashed plot. I’m
glad to
say that The Breton-Katt Alliance is not one of these books. Margaret
Garside
introduces her readers to a society in upheaval. Her story takes place
in a
universe which holds inhabitants whose ideals and communities are
struggling
with the ideas of sharing their resources and land with outsiders. Led
by the
stronger opinions of their leaders, the universe as they know it has
become an
unstable place to live. I look forward to the next installment of the
Lorrondon
Cycle, and seeing what sort of resolution to the conflict that has been
introduced, in this first book of the series, is brought into action.
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