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My Review: There aren’t many unattached Phoenix Brothers/Cousins left at this point in the series. In fact, there are only two, convoy master Dare Phoenix and his brother, convoy security chief Rynan Phoenix. Which explains why THIS is the next-to-the-last book in the current series. (Now that the author has her rights back, it’s possible to at least HOPE for more, but we’ll see.) The part of Phoenix clan that operates their deep space convoy business is famous for getting the ships in their convoy where they intend to go out in uncharted space successfully.

My Review: This story is a direct follow-up to the Phoenix brothers’ and cousins' surprise discovery of Markaria in the previous book in the series, On a Barbarian World. Because now that they know it’s there, and now that cousin Aurina has married Markarian warlord Kavon Mal Dor, the Phoenix clan knows that a warm welcome is always waiting for them on this icy planet. This time around, they’ve returned with Niklas Phoenix’ Galactic Institute ship Drake, because the scholars at the institute have discovered more fascinating information about the Markarians’ Terran ancestors, as well as the possible location of a second crashed Terran ship.

In Love and War - The First Lotus Knights by Beryll Brackhaus, Osiris Brackhaus

In Love and War - The First Lotus Knights by Beryll Brackhaus, Osiris Brackhaus

My Review: Aurina Phoenix is the advance scout for her half-brothers’ convoy business. These Phoenix Brothers, cousins to the treasure-hunting Phoenix Brothers on the other side of the galaxy - the more settled side - live and work at the galaxy’s edge. At this point in the Phoenix Adventures saga, Dare runs the convoy, Niklas’ wife Nissa captains the lead ship, and Rynan is still figuring himself out. Because the convoys take trade goods and, most importantly, settlers, out beyond mapped space, each route is a bit different from the ones that went before.