The Swordsmen of Angetenar

by M.J. Dees

Ay-ttho has a shady past which always seems to catch up with her.
Hiding from the Republic, she ends up in one of the toughest systems in the galaxy trying to free a youngling from her abusive slave drivers.
Things only get worse when she is recognised and transported to a remote prison asteroid.
Tori is fed up of Ay-ttho getting them into trouble, having to flee Republic guards and now, on top of it all, having to rescue her from a remote prison asteroid.
Together, they return to rescue the youngling but soon find that this is when their troubles really begin.
The crew find themselves in a fight for survival as they flee straight into an interplanetary revolution.
Inspired by Les Miserables, The Swordsmen of Angetenar is as enjoyable read as a stand-alone as it is as Book 5 of the Mastery of the Stars space opera series.

156 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 25, 2021

Reviews

[Marjorie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has a bit of everything, jailbreak, revolution, bounty hunters, an neglected orphan, romance, and a planetary-scale disaster just to scrape the surface. This book is action packed to the gills! So much so that the settings and characters sometimes get a bit lost and I had to reorientation myself to figure out where it was now. Things are constantly happening, but not a lot of detail or emotion. If you are looking for a read with all the flash bang special effects and no pesky logic or consequences, this is a fabulous escapist read.

I generally don't comment on grammar, but this one did have some errors that distracted from reading such as changes from present to past tense and back in the same paragraph. There were also a couple aliens that kept switching gender but they are aliens - so maybe their gender is simply more mutable? I did like some of the other alien touches in their descriptions, it is one of the things that stuck out to me.

This is the 5th book in the Mastery of the Stars series and plot-wise can be read independently from the previous books but it takes a bit of inference on the part of the reader to pick up on a few connections that are alluded to from previous books but not explained here. Nothing crucial to the plot, more things that would add depth.

[Chris Wells · Rating 4 out of 5]

The zany band of misfits is back and once again they’re mixed up in all kinds of dangerous and often amusing situations. There’s plenty of the ludicrous situations, absurd peril, strangely named strange aliens and the logic that only this group can truly understand that we’ve come to expect from this series. It seems this bunch of space faring lunatics just can’t avoid farcical life threatening situations, all the better for the readers. MJ Dees gives us a fun well paced sci-fi farce full of aliens, space ships and good old fashioned adventure too.

[Asiaman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a well writen book for pleasure. Not exciting battles but a good read.

[Connie Moon · Rating 4 out of 5]

What another great farce

This one has all kinds of crazy chaos just like the others but has more subplots and back information on some of the characters. Not quite as good as the hilarity going on in the last book but still good.

[Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

A action packed, well written book. Such fun! Enjoyable. Love the characters. A great way to spend a quiet afternoon.