Book Review: Ghost Ship by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller

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Ghost Ship (Liaden Universe, #14, Theo Waitley, #3)Ghost Ship by Sharon Lee

My rat­ing: 5 of 5 stars

Theo Wait­ley has met her father’s Clan and been Seen by the Delm of Kor­val now, at the end of both I Dare and Salta­tion. She does not, how­ever, con­sider her­self of Kor­val — she is a Wait­ley, as is rea­son­able for a young woman raised in a matri­lin­eal cul­ture. She did, how­ever, take two issues to the Delm for solv­ing, and one has been resolved: she has been reunited with her miss­ing father.

How­ever, she also car­ries the Captain’s key to the sen­tient ship Bechimo, and that ship is look­ing for her. The Delm chose to put that issue aside, trust­ing that it would solve itself, given enough time. How much time, though, and in what manner?

In the mean­time, she acts as courier for Uncle, one obvi­ously known to the Clan and not as an ally — although not nec­es­sar­ily as an enemy, either. As his courier, she flies his ship, Arin’s Toss, which is hunted by his ene­mies, includ­ing the Depart­ment of the Interior.

Theo acquits her­self as well as any child of Kor­val could in meet­ing her chal­lenges. She con­tin­ues to expe­ri­ence more than the usual num­ber of them, though, because of her Ter­ran rear­ing and Liaden appear­ance. It seems to me that a father as duti­ful as Jen Sar Kiladi (or Daav yos’Phellium) would have given her more prepa­ra­tion to encounter Liaden society.

Ghost Ship cer­tainly isn’t lim­ited to Theo’s story. We rejoin Val Con and preg­nant Miri as they move to Sure­bleak, and check in with Daav as he set­tles in to being Daav again after his long sojourn as Kiladi. There are also appear­ances by Pat Rin, Natesa, Quin, Padi, Shan, and other fam­ily mem­bers. Def­i­nitely an ensem­ble cast this time out, and just as absorb­ing as fans have come to expect.



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