Ambient Conditions
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4.6 • 8 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Contains two shorter works set in Lee and Miller's Liaden Universe®: Short story "A Visit to the Galaxy Ballroom," which first appeared on Baen.com; original novelette "Ambient Conditions;" and an authors' foreword. "Galaxy Ballroom" explores the rift that has opened in the Scouts subsequent to Korval's removal to the planet Surebleak, and the consequences of loyalty. "Ambient Conditions" details a dark time in Liaden history, and looks at what happens when discarded people are given power, and must choose how to use it.
Customer Reviews
Lee’s Groove is Back In Spades
The title story “Ambient Conditions” is entirely satisfying. A great stand-alone story told from the point of view of a female
‘minor Talent’, and ‘Luck’, Kishara. Kishara comes to recognize her talent and navigate her skill to overcome expulsion from her native world, find a place for herself and rout the efforts of an evil-minded robber and would-be slaver, while recruiting a Scion of Korval, Can Ith yos'Phelium, and his “luck” to her side. Author Lee states she got her post-surgery-fiction-writing groove back by rewriting the series “cannon” short story “Preferred Seating” (told from Can Ith’s P.O.V.) into the title story “Ambient Conditions”. I can only agree: it’s back in spades. Cheers for team Lee & Miller! Fans of the series will appreciate the parallels of this ‘Luck’ team to the one in TRADER’S LEAP. Newcomers should like this short on its own.