Engaging the Enemy
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Our view
“Engaging the Enemy” is a solid middle chapter of “Vatta’s War” for readers already invested in Kylara Vatta, the former cadet turned trader. Elizabeth Moon keeps the focus on Ky’s choices as an unforeseen threat closes in on her cut-throat trading world. Some readers find too little happening between long passages of dialogue and introspection. It reads best straight after the second book.
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About the book
Kylara Vatta has had to leave a glowing future as a military cadet far behind, and now carves out a living in the brutal cut-throat world of interplanetary trading. Her chosen way of life is tough but rewarding and she thinks she is more than capable of holding her own. That is, until a threat emerges that nobody could have forseen . . .
Reading order · Vatta's War
Full order & progress →- Trading in DangerStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - Engaging the EnemyThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - Command Decision
7.87.8 / 10 - Victory Conditions
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 72 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 33% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.5 | 8 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 64 | 89% |
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