Dire Straits
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
One mistake can mark you for a lifetime.
Matthias “Go” Goonetilleke is a detective with exceptional instincts, but he always screws up the deal in the end.
Now hunted by powerful elements from the Earth government, Go has to find his way in colonized space. Newcastle colony's mix of opportunity and anonymity seems perfect, until he runs into an old flame looking to partner with him again for the job of a lifetime. Someone keeps leaking a company's top secret research data to competitors, and the company will pay top dollar to the Lancers who can shut that leak down. It's the perfect opportunity—if only Go can avoid making one of his critical mistakes.
But something about the job isn't quite right, and he realizes that this time an error might be fatal…for everyone.
Dive into the thrilling Lancers series with Dire Straits, the third installment.
Customer Reviews
Exciting sci-fi merc story with a noir P.I. Feel
I read an Advanced Reader Copy of this novel.
In book four of PR Adams “Lancers” series, we have the protagonists of the first three books assembled as a team. Benji’s (book 2) hired Go and Jason (book 3) to form a team to sell the technology they acquired. Along the way to a backwater planet, they team up with Chanda (book 1), and take on a job with a mining firm to find a spy who’s stealing company secrets.
The team’s relationship is strained from the secrets each member has - they haven’t learned to trust one another yet, and some of them have some pretty dark secrets.
I found the story to be a thrilling page turner, and stayed up too late a couple of nights reading when I should have been turning in. Adams once again does a great job breathing life into his characters (protagonist and antagonist), making them human and relatable.
I think Adams does a great job showing growth in his characters across the arcs of his stories, and this one was no different. They live and breathe, and change a little story to story - these are flawed folks - very talented and interesting, but flawed. I enjoy seeing them rise to a challenge, warts and all.
If you enjoyed the first three books, or want a good sci-fi military/cyberpunk/corporate espionage tale, I highly recommend “Dark Secrets”.