Lord Redmond a Doctor/Surgeon who survived a year in Andersonville Confederate POW camp after being captured as a Union doctor with the rank of Captain arrives in his family seat in Birch Hill, Redmond House, just in time to suspected of murder. He inherited the title from his grandfather while in prison. The Village Constable Daniel Haze latches onto him as the only stranger in the village. Yet it quickly becomes clear it is not him and the two join forces to solve the mystery of the young man murdered and stuffed into a medieval crypt. The medical skills of Redmond and the detective skills of Haze mesh well as they unravel a sordid tale of family nastiness.
In book two Alex starts to build his business outside the fairly corrupt STO confederation of plants. He restores captured pirate vessels and fights off a second pirate raid while raising his new daughter. He begins to build a community of misfits on Edens End as the author builds a more and more complicated world that Alex has to navigate carefully to avoid being crushed by greedy corporations and their pet politicians. Then there are the Pirates who keep coming again and again to attack his new home.
Imagine waking up 400 years in the future inside the body of an advanced robot with patchy memories? To make matters worse you are living in a corporate dominated universe where you have have a lot if you can pay. Alexander has to hide he is a human consciousness trapped in a robot body and carve a life for himself despite the handicap of not being flesh while figuring out a society far in advance of his own. He can’t tell anyone what he is and pretends to be controlling the bot remotely. The story evolves as he adapts, even adopting an orphan while making a fortune to set up in his own base in a remote star system where he can start figuring out the mystery of how he ended up as he did.
A good sequel to Off Midway Station. The story continues with having to deal with a 5th column onboard the Mothership Surprise and coming to the rescue of Third Fleet in a desperate action. Can’t wait for book 3.
A great saga begins as a passed over captain is forced to take up command of a new, experimental ship in order to defend a relentless enemy that launches a sudden attack on the star system holding Midway Station. Captain Garret is a great character well developed before the main action begins.