Valor's Choice

As with any military science fiction, this book is composed largely of battle scenes. The Confederation needs to bring in a few other planets and species or continue to be subject to aggression. Past experience with this series provides useful background on the main character, Marine Torin Kerr, now promoted to a staff sergeant, and Marguerite Gavin will be familiar to followers of this series. Her portrayal of this tough heroine grows with the character, especially in her delivery of Kerr's understated humor in the face of military challenges. Overall, Gavin's vocal portrait of Kerr accurately reflects her reactions to comrades and events, informed, as always, by her sense of duty. J.E.M. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine