Trading in Danger
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Our view
“Trading in Danger” opens Elizabeth Moon’s “Vatta’s War” series with a likeable heroine and a steady supply of action. Forced out of the academy, Ky Vatta takes a scrap-bound ship on its final voyage and spots a chance for profit. Some readers expected more trading and less danger, and others notice rough patches, such as a thinly drawn crew. A sound choice for space opera fans who enjoy a coming-of-age thread.
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About the book
TRADING IN DANGER is the first volume in the Vatta's War series. Ky Vatta is a highly promising military cadet with a great future ahead of her, until an apparently insignificant act of kindness makes her the focus of the Academy's wrath. She is forced to resign, her dreams shattered. For the child of a rich trading family, this should mean disgrace on a grand scale. And yet, to her surprise, Ky is offered the captaincy of a ship headed for scrap with its final cargo. Her orders are absolutely clear, but Ky quickly sees potential profit in altering the parameters of the journey. Because, whatever the risks, it's in her blood to trade - even if the currency is extreme danger.
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7.67.6 / 10 - Engaging the Enemy
7.87.8 / 10 - Command Decision
7.87.8 / 10 - Victory Conditions
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 102 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 41% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 11 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 91 | 89% |
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