A Tangled Road to Justice

Paladins of Distant Suns, Book 1

By: Olan Thorensen

Narrated by: Scott Aiello

Sometimes, it's best to read the fine print.

When former soldier Everett Cole signed on to help colony planets prepare for joining the Federation, his employers were disconcertingly vague about their identity and his duties. Yet, the pay was good, and it got him off Earth and on the way to a fresh start. More reservations arose when, 11 light-years from Earth, he met his partner, Edgar Millen, an enigmatic man with a penchant for violent solutions and a fetish for the mythology and language of the American Wild West.

It wasn't until they reached the colony world of Astrild that the mission became somewhat clearer. They were players in multi-faceted efforts to steer colony worlds in preparation for joining the Federation. Unfortunately, not all obstacles were amenable to diplomatic, political, or economic solutions. Cole and Millen were agents, troubleshooters, hired guns—or whatever you wanted to call them—tasked with removing impediments to civilized law and order, the methodology left open-ended.

Millen and Cole's first mission to test their partnership? The backwater town of Justice was under the control of a strongman and his henchmen. All they had to do was convince the cowed citizens to rise against their tormentor. Formal authority and backup? None.

©2023 Olan Thorensen (P)2024 Podium Audio

Did not finish

Made it about half way through and just was not actually engaged with the story and didn't care about any of the characters. Picked up something else and didn't have the urge to come back, so I'm moving on instead of returning.

A Corny as Sci—Fi

The performance was good but the story line was corny and not what I seek in colonization sci-fi novels.

meh

Not as good as his other series by a long shot. I'm going to try one more before deciding what to do. He is capable of much more than this book showed.

good book

I was weird at first but it grew on me. the reading was good aswell.

A good story is now with the rewrite fantastic.

I enjoyed the first release and was skeptical of the need for a rewrite but I was wrong. The new story has so much better character development and the story has a quirky flavor to it now that I am a fan of the decision to rewrite. The previous narrator was better but the new narrator isn’t bad by any means. He grows on you.