Dace is a merchant ship captain. She has a talent
for getting into the most amazing fixes, and this interests the enigmatic
Commander Lowell who heads a secretive organization and who wants to recruit
her. She also has an unfortunate resemblance to the daughter of the head of a
large trading syndicate who is the target of takeover from a ruthless criminal.
Lowell assigns Major Clark to infiltrate Dace’s ship as a pilot to keep an eye
on her and keep her safe.
Unfortunately, Clark falls for Jasyn, Dace’s
partner, and in a moment of inattention allows Dace to be kidnapped. The
action, pretty tense from the opening chapter, really goes into high gear as
Lowell tries to locate and rescue Dace, and she tries to survive long enough
for him to do just that.
A well-written story, although some of the
technology is a bit far-fetched, with lots of adventure, romance (tastefully
done) and humor. A few ends are still loose as the story closes – for instance,
there’s Dace’s love interest left only partially resolved – but, given what we
see of her personality as the story unfolds, that’s perhaps to be expected.
Jaleta Clegg’s Poisoned
Pawn was a fun read. Unfortunately, even though I was able to get a copy of
the Kindle e-Book version for review, I can’t find it on Amazon or
LibraryThing, which is really too bad, because this is a book worth reading. I
give it four stars.
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