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Curved Space to Corsair (Viridian System Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Jemima Pett (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 2 of 3: Viridian System

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Big Pete and the Swede, together with Maggie and Dolores, take a holiday in the miners’ new spacecraft while some building work goes on at their villa. Pete has been summoned to his home planet, Corsair, to save them from disaster, so they set off in that direction to give Dolores, who is training to qualify as a space pilot, more space hours. A slight course error leaves them hundreds of light-years from civilisation with no apparent way of getting home.

Meanwhile the Imperium declares war on the Federation, sending independent spacecraft scuttling for safe routes, while a little personal business by one of the senators leads him off in the direction of the Viridian System to start a canny land grab.

The second in the Viridian System series takes our heroes far, far from their home area, and delays Pete's urgent summons. Strange aliens cross their path, only to show that sometimes the curves in spacetime really are the quickest routes to your destination.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07M6QHTXN
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princelings Publications (January 22, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 22, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1114 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 358 pages

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When I discovered the words ‘portfolio career’ I realised I was trendsetter – having not only a number of different jobs, but in totally different fields. These included social work, business management, computer technology, environmental research. The thread running through all of them was communication – and that continued in my spare time with writing and editing club magazines, manuals, reports… I loved words, loved to learn and to apply my learning to the real world.

Eventually the world just wasn’t big enough, and so I went back to inventing my own, as I had as a child. First came the Realms, the setting for the ten-book Princelings of the East series. It's a feudal England run by princes in castles who just happen to be guinea pigs – although you can read them as people equally well. Then came the Viridian System, a planetary area on the outskirts of known space where a frontier mentality mixes with big business and tourism.

I wrote some shorter stories featuring characters from the Princelings series, recently published as Messenger Misadventures. This features Dylan and Dougall, and their friend Deirdre, who unfortunately did not feature with them in Book 8 of the Princelings series. Two more characters that are asking for their own book are Roscoe and Neville, who turn up in book 10.

2021 saw the publication of five short story collections. Most of these originally appeared on my blog between 2012 and 2020, but are no longer there. Several new stories appear, especially in the seasonal special Snowflakes and Shivers. I still blog short stories, usually once a week.

The third and final Viridian System book came out in Feb 22. There's a snippet at the end of that which may lead to another scifi story, but not set in the Viridian System.

My blog https://jemimapett.com

and websites: http://princelings.co.uk http://viridianseries.uk

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Rebecca M. Douglass

Great addition to the series!

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2019

First, I have to declare myself a biased reviewer. I was a beta reader and editor for this book, so I might be a wee bit invested in it :) But that said, I still love it, and was in fact eagerly awaiting it!

I first fell in love with Big Pete and the Swede in the early flash fiction bits Ms. Pett wrote featuring the miners. I enjoyed the first book in the series in part for that reason, and encouraged the author not to give up when she decided it needed reworking--which resulted in a much stronger story. This second book in the series shows the effects of that hard work, by being a very strong, tight story, with characters who stand out as individuals and feel entirely human (even when they aren't, if you know what I mean).

The story is complete and stands on its own, but I think it is better to read the books in order, and though this isn't a cliff-hanger at all (it is an excellent middle book in a trilogy, without the too-common sluggishness of such), I'm eagerly awaiting Book Three.

In summary (since I'm borrowing a computer and need to give it back): this is a strong and original story with interesting and well-developed characters, good intrigue and adventure, and a touch of humor in the right places. There is a bit of space sex, but nothing graphic, so it's suitable for any adult or teen readers.

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