In a time of unrest across the galaxy, Anna Lorrondon-Helsak breaks her long alliance with her father's people, the Neorans, and makes a new one with old enemies. Her closest friend, the alien Rusorin, warns her that this course will bring disaster to both races-and to Anna's own family. Driven by a motive she alone understands, Anna holds fast and turns on her old friend.
Rusorin turns for help to the Free City of Bretton Katt, a center of learning and commerce-and the Neorans' last hope for an ally in Terran space. Befriended by Anna's own son, Rob Lorrondon, she discovers a maelstrom of blackmail and murder-and a conspiracy to hand Bretton Katt over to its enemies. Can Rusorin and Rob thwart Anna's plans and prevent all-out war?
From frontstreetreviews.com
Science fiction can be a hard genre to write. With so many books written already, it is very easy to start sounding like a rehashed plot. I’m glad to say that The Bretton Katt Alliance is not one of these books. Margaret Garside introduces her readers to a society in upheaval. Her story takes place in a universe which holds inhabitants whose ideals and communities are struggling with the ideas of sharing their resources and land with outsiders. Led by the stronger opinions of their leaders, the universe as they know it has become an unstable place to live. I look forward to the next installment of the Lorrondon Cycle, and seeing what sort of resolution to the conflict that has been introduced, in this first book of the series, is brought into action.
From bookreview.com: The author has an incredible ability to envision cultures (human and non-human), genealogies, languages and even histories. She springs a few surprises too: the treasure of Bretton Katt is its library; and I did appreciate some of the literary allusions—"The center is not holding." and "like a patient etherized upon a table." When the narrative settles down to the perspective of Rusorin we start to get pulled into the quagmire of "galactic unrest" and "dangerous off-world entanglements."
From TCM Reviews Those readers who like good political intrigue and the inner workings of governmental policy will love The Bretton Katt Alliance. The author is tireless in her detail. She even includes cheat sheet information about the characters, the locations, Neoran pronunciation, and a little about the history of these worlds.
About Margaret Garside
Everything interests me. History, literature-any good fiction, movies. politics, and people. People like Harry Potter and Buffy Summers. Kristin Lavransdatter and Aloysha Karamazov. Paul Atreides and Genly Ai. The Corleones and the Bagginses. The Tudors and the Romanovs.
And (not to invite comparisons) the Lorrondons. I first invented-or discovered-these people almost thirty years ago. Until about 1990, their adventures stayed mostly in my head, although I have written fragments of their story that go back to 1978. They were always with me, wanting me to tell their story. Why I was singled out for this task, I have no idea. I hope I'm worthy of it-and I hope readers think so too.
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In a time of unrest across the galaxy, Anna Lorrondon-Helsak breaks her long alliance with her father's people, the Neorans, and makes a new one with old enemies. Her closest friend, the alien Rusorin, warns her that this course will bring disaster to both races-and to Anna's own family. Driven by a motive she alone understands, Anna holds fast and turns on her old friend.
Everything interests me. History, literature-any good fiction, movies. politics, and people. People like Harry Potter and Buffy Summers. Kristin Lavransdatter and Aloysha Karamazov. Paul Atreides and Genly Ai. The Corleones and the Bagginses. The Tudors and the Romanovs.