Friday Memes: Salvage Right by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller

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Beginning:

The cycle was almost done.

Mere moments now until he found if his mad scheme had borne fruit. 

No, Jen Sin yos'Phelium corrected himself; his scheme was no less mad than the problem to which it was a solution. Together, they represented a complete, balanced equation; perfectly serviceable, if not precisely elegant.

Friday 56:

"We're volunteers, right?"

"I understand."

"Course you do. Now, it's good you're worrying about rates and contracts and like that. I'm warmed to hear your thoughts're tending in that direction. But here's what I'm thinking -- that's above both our pay grades. Right now, the Family's spending for the mutual good. Ghost Station -- beg your pardon, sir -- Tinsori Light's been a hazard to navigation for a lot too many years. Gettin' it regularized and working for this sector -- that's good for everybody."

This week I am spotlighting Salvage Right by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller. It is the latest in the Liaden Universe series. I bought the eARC from Baen Books March 22, 2023, and my hardcover and Kindle copies will be arriving soon. Here is the description from Amazon:

A door never closes, but a window opens . . .

With origins in the Old Universe, the malevolent, acquisitive intelligence of Tinsori Light sought to infect others with itself, and send those agents out into the wide new universe to infect even more.

For centuries, two heroes stood between Tinsori Light and the vulnerable universe—Light Keepers Jen Sin yos'Phelium and Lorith of the Sanderat.

Just when it seemed that they—merely human—must fail, Tinsori Light, enfeebled by aged systems, succumbed to the stress of a unique spatial event . . . and died, leaving the station a shell.

Luckily, the light keepers have back-up. A mismatched team of arcane specialists are on-station, working non-stop to preserve the Light, build trustworthy systems, and open the refurbished station for business.

In fact, ships are already incoming, and it becomes a matter of urgency to sort friend from foe. In particular, the Lyre Institute wishes to acquire Tinsori Light, and will do anything, spend anyone, to achieve that goal.