An Ancient Peace
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3.8
Tanya Huff
The first book in the action-packed Peacekeeper series, a continuation of Tanya Huff's military sci-fi Confederation series following Torin KerrGunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr had been the very model of a Confederation Marine. But when she learned the truth about the war the Confederation was fighting, she left the military for good. But Torin couldn’t walk away from preserving and protecting everything the Confederation represented. Instead, she drew together an elite corps of friends and allies to take on covert missions that the Justice Department and the Corps could not—or would not—officially touch. Torin just hoped the one they were about to embark on wouldn’t be the death of them. Ancient H’san grave goods are showing up on the black market—grave goods from just before the formation of the Confederation, when the H’san gave up war and buried their planet-destroying weapons...as grave goods for the death of war. Someone is searching for these weapons and they’re very close to finding them. As the Elder Races have turned away from war, those searchers can only be members of the Younger Races. Fortunately, only the Corps Intelligence Service has this information. Unfortunately, they can do nothing about it—bound by laws of full disclosure, their every move is monitored. Though Torin Kerr and her team are no longer a part of the military, the six of them tackling the H’san defenses and the lethally armed grave robbers are the only chance the Confederation has. The only chance to avoid millions more dead. But the more Torin learns about the relationship between the Elder Races and the Younger, the more she begins to fear war might be an unavoidable result.
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Author
Tanya Huff
Pages
400
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Published Date
2015-10-06
ISBN
0698141083 9780698141087
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"I love reading. Period. I love stories. So it is very hard for me to give a book less than four stars. That being said, this book truly deserves them, if not more. <br/><br/>This is the first book in a new series by Tanya Huff, but its characters are a happy continuation of the "Confederation" series, which I loved. I was over the moon when I found out this book was out (somehow I missed knowing it existed FOR THREE MONTHS!). Even though it is supposed to be the start of a whole new series, I went back and re-read the Confederation series (5 books). I took me about a week. I'm not proud; there was some neglect that happened in real life, but in the end I was pumped to dive back into Gunnery Sargent Torin Kerr's universe. <br/><br/>I picked up the book at a local B and N and dove in only to find I had OD'ed on reading the week before. OK, not a problem. I just went a bit slower than I normally would have. It took weeks instead of days. Please don't let that reflect on my perceived enjoyment of the book.<br/><br/>Torin and her crew were spot on, their story filled with mystery, suspense and the salty humor that I have grown to expect from Tanya Huff. They raced around the universe trying to stop the bad guys from gaining a weapon that not only would start a civil war, but is capable of destroying whole worlds. I can't wait for the next one."