The Master of Chaos

Lady Hanna #2

by Terry A. Adams

CONTACT WITH CHAOS...

When the Lady Hanna, a telepath of the planet D'neera, survived an encounter with a potentially deadly race of aliens and averted an interstellar war, she was claimed by the human worlds—whether she wished the honor or not as their chosen expert in first contact situations. Now, with the unexpected arrival of beings from the far-distant planet of Uskos, Hanna was once again embarking on a mission of peace to the stars. But what neither Hanna nor the alien ambassadors could foresee was that their journey to Uskos was about to be transformed into something reminiscent of the most famous of Uskosian legends, an odyssey contrived by the Master of Chaos himself! And this galaxy-spanning tale of cultures in collision would ultimately see Hanna's fate linked with that of a man seeking the key to his forgotten past and a people lost beyond the frontiers of known space....

Genres: Science Fiction

496 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 4, 1989

Reviews

[Ken Richards · Rating 3 out of 5]

Master of Chaos follows on some years after the conclusion of 'Sentience', and begins with its hero Hanna Koruth hosting representatives of new race of aliens, the Uskos. The nature of the aliens themselves is secondary to the concerns of this novel. Rather, their race's mythos positing a capricious 'Master of Chaos' to be responsible for the inevitable ructions and cataclysms of life becomes all too real for Hanna as calamity strikes the returning embassy ship in a vicious act of piracy and betrayal.

Hanna must rely on her ingenuity and telepathic ability, and her fortuitous alliance with a rag tag bunch of misfits, lead by the very conflicted Michael Kristofik to save herself, and the people of Michael's lost homeworld from the depredations of a powerful sociopath. Don't expect a happy ending though!

[Mikki Bunnett · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a while I thought this book would be two or three stars, but the story gets so much better once they leave Uskos. For how much I disliked the writing in the first book and in part of this book, this book ended really well.

[Tanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

So, I'm glad I read THIS one. I mentioned in the first novel that Adams could at least write likable characters, and he perfects that here with Michael. The story was much more interesting this time, with lots happening, and I was definitely compelled to keep going.