Space!. . . Repo Beings? My review of Starship Repo

Starship Repo by Patrick S. Tomlinson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Some books are just a whole lot of fun. This is one of those books.

Firstname Lastname (a clerical error, it'll be fixed soon, they promise) is a human running away from a miserable life on Proxima Centauri b. Arriving at a massive station, she immediately settles down to picking pockets, playing con games, and stealing air cars. Which leads to her being "recruited" into a ring of repo specialists.

Hijinks follow.

This is a set of caper stories, each bigger and more outlandish than the last, and First finds her place with the crew. Filled with aliens Keith Laumer would have loved, big ideas, and endless comedy, I tore through this book. It made me laugh out loud more than once. There's a Donald Trump joke. It's a fun, easy read.

While it is the second book in the Breach series (and I somehow missed picking up Gate Crashers first) the story and setting stand very well all on their own.

It kind of reminded me of some Traveller games I've been in. . .



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