by Suzanne Palmer (Palmer)
Finder reminded me strongly of a Jack Reacher novel set in space. Fergus Ferguson takes retrieval jobs around the Milky Way galaxy. He’s not great at blending in, since he’s a very tall, red-bearded, Scottish man with a penchant for using alliterative fake identities. On the other hand, he’s exceptional at taking in and synthesizing new information to concoct schemes that allow him to grab what he’s looking for and leave the star system.
Events around his arrival catalyze a war in a system where dozens of habitats are connected via a cable system. Residents typically move around by more or less ziplining. (There’s a wonderfully detailed map in the book.) Fergus’ target is a starship in the possession of a local warlord, which wins him allies who would very much like that starship removed from the local balance of power. I enjoyed this an example of the reluctant hero trope. All Fergus wants is to do the job and keep traveling, with no attachments, no responsibilities, nothing more to add to his survivor’s guilt. Of course that’s a list of things that don’t happen in this book.
This is a series starter with the third title coming out this month. I know what I’ll be reading soon!
(If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi or All Systems Red by Martha Wells, and Driving the Deep and The Scavenger Door, the second and third in The Finder Chronicles by Palmer.)
( official Finder page on the official Suzanne Palmer web site )
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by Garren H.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Service
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