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Marque and Reprisal: Vatta's War, Book 2 | [Elizabeth Moon]
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    14 hrs and 20 mins
  • AUDIBLE RELEASE DATE
    12-01-08
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Publisher's Summary

Although the exciting military career she hoped for never got off the ground, Ky Vatta ended up seeing plenty of combat when she took the helm of one of the commercial transport vessels in her family's fleet...and steered it into a full-blown war. Now the lessons she learned in that trial by fire are about to pay off - because this time, the war has come to her. Someone has launched a full-throttle offensive against Vatta Transport Ltd., Ky's father's interstellar shipping empire. In short order, most of Ky's family is killed, and subsequent attacks sever vital lines of communication, leaving Ky fighting, in every sense, to survive.

Ky is determined to identify the ruthless mystery enemy and avenge her family's name, but she needs not only firepower but information. And she gets both in spades - from the band of stranded mercenaries she hooks up with; from her black-sheep cousin, Stella, who has been leading a secret life; and from Stella's roguish ex-lover, Rafe. Together they struggle to penetrate the tangled web of political intrigue that is wreaking havoc within InterStellar Communications, on whose effective operation their own livelihoods - and perhaps lives - depend.

But the infighting proves to be infectious, and it isn't long before Ky's hired military muscle are turning their suspicions on the enigmatic Rafe, whose wealth of knowledge about ISC's clashing factions and startling new technologies has begun to make him smell like a rat...or a mole. With swift, violent destruction a very real possibility, the last thing Ky needs is a crew divided against itself - and she's prepared to take whatever measures are necessary to ensure that Vatta stays in business, as well as in one piece.

What she is not prepared for is the shocking truth behind the terror - and a confrontation with murderous treachery from a source as unexpected as it is unrelenting.

©2004 Elizabeth Moon; (P)2008 Tantor

What the Critics Say

"Excellent plotting and characters support the utterly realistic action sequences: swift, jolting, confusing, and merciless. Equally significant, Moon doesn't neglect violence's aftermath." (Kirkus Starred Review)

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  • 0 of 0 people found this review helpful.
    "Marque and Reprisal"
    By Jan (MIAMI, FL, USA) Dec 29, 2009
    Good story, needs a better narrator
  • 0 of 0 people found this review helpful.
    "great series!"
    By Share (St. Louis, MO, United States) Jul 3, 2009
    This series twists and turns and keeps you guessing.
    Great battle scenes. Good story.
    I wish Audible would get the other series' by this author.
  • 0 of 0 people found this review helpful.
    "More (not always a good thing)"
    By Aser (Sacramento, CA, USA) Mar 28, 2009
    The second book in the story of the Vatta family is an old fashioned chase, albeit one that involves FTL trade ships, privateers in space and a conspiracy that gets very big, very fast.

    There is no doubt that the author raises the stakes and widens the playing field. This includes adding more character perspectives, including the misunderstood cousin with a secret life, the aunt that is a spy master of great skill, and the rogue that’s really the heir to the CEO of the most powerful corporation in known space. This introduces my principal gripe with the series, the delivery of too many characters’ viewpoints, either contributing too much or nothing at all.
    The book does begin to live up to the promise of actual combat, though it is simple gunplay for the most part. Where it deviates from that is the unconventional use of mines and the obligatory zero-g melee, which were interesting enough.
    I’d hoped that the unfortunate breakup that befell the central character in the first book was the only romantic interest one would have to up with, I guess I was fooling myself.
  • 0 of 0 people found this review helpful.
    "Good Book"
    By Garry (Pembroke Pines, FL, USA) Mar 18, 2009
    This book had good surprises and a strong charter development with action, Sabatage and back stabing
  • 0 of 0 people found this review helpful.
    "Good story, good pacing, ok reader"
    By Morris (Thompson's Station, TN, USA) Feb 15, 2009
    Elizabeth Moon shows her military background with the description of strategy and tactics that the main character employs. Her writing gives a sense of realism to a fictional setting, and her crisp, compact style makes the book move along the plotline very quickly. I usually save audiobooks for the commute to and from work, but I had a hard time leaving this one in the car. The story is interesting, the characters are 3 dimensional, and the pacing is fast. One warning: this is part 2 of a multi-book story arc. Like Lays potato chips, it'll be hard to stop after you start.

    I've heard better readers, though. She is not so bad that I wouldn't buy other audiobooks she has read, but her range of voices for the characters is limited to the point where sometimes it's hard to distinguish them. She also must think that all military types talk in a monotone like they're barking orders because the secondary military characters all have very little personality. I never felt like pulling out the paperback, which I have at the house, though, so it's only a minor gripe.

    I liked it so well that I'm downloading book 3 at 4:30 AM so I'll have it when I head to work in a few hours.
  • 0 of 5 people found this review helpful.
    "Twelve year old girls only, listen to this book."
    By Jim (Zurich, ON, Canada) Feb 10, 2009
    First off, the reader is over melodramatic for
    my taste. But then I'm not a twelve year old girl.
    The story is written by a girl and not a women, I'm
    pretty sure and it shows.

    If your a guy that like SF, skip this one.
    It's creepy and not it a evil way.
    More like reading your sisters diary.
    Last time I buy a book because of the cover
    or what written on the back.
  • 0 of 0 people found this review helpful.
    "She's Back!!!!!"
    By Norman (Philadelphia, PA, USA) Jan 27, 2009
    Ky Vatta returns and she's in deeper trouble than before. Ky is growing to be a great character who through her charm and resolve earns the respect of those much older and experienced than her. When the Plot against her family proves to be bigger than she realizes. Ky teams with her Infamous cousin Stella and her Eccentric Great Aunt Gracie who both are more than they seem. Ky is getting for the fight of her life as she makes a decision to where her path will lead. And It will cost her blood in more ways than one.

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