Paul Preuss

"You cannot expect me to absorb the entire cost of the extortion by myself."
"How much you getting back from them? Ten percent? Fifteen? What is your commission for helping to rob your friends and relatives?"
"How do you find the hardness to say such things to me, Nikos?"
"Easily, old thief."

This was an interesting little sci fi book. A fun light space exploration story, if a bit shallow, but the plot device that gets them out exploring ends up not being just a plot device but actually comes back around and gives the book a turn in the third act.

F/SF

Didn't like this one as much as the first one in the series.

There's more Blake, which is ok, but less of Sparta as a person and more of Sparta as superwoman. Sparta as a person is more interesting.

The, well 'series plotline' is becoming more clear, and less original too.

Just ok.