Format: Paperback, 448 pages
Release Date: July 12, 2022
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Source: Publisher
Genre: Science Fiction / Space Opera
Kee Ildez has been many things: hacker, soldier, bounty hunter. She never expected to be a hero, but when a shadowy group of traitors starts trying to goad the galaxy’s two superpowers into instigating an interstellar war, Kee throws herself into the search to find out who is responsible—and stop them.
Digging up hidden information is her job, so hunting traitors should be a piece of cake, but the primary suspect spent years in the military, and someone powerful is still covering his tracks. Disrupting their plans will require the help of her entire team, including Varro Runkow, a Valovian weapons expert who makes her pulse race.
Quiet, grumpy, and incredibly handsome, Varro watches her with hot eyes but ignores all of her flirting, so Kee silently vows to keep her feelings strictly platonic. But that vow will be put to the test when she and Varro are forced to leave the safety of their ship and venture into enemy territory alone.
Cut off from the rest of their team, they must figure out how to work together—and fast—because a single misstep will cost thousands of lives.
Eclipse the Moon, by author Jessie Mihalik, is the second installment in the authors Starlight's Shadow series. This story begins right where Hunt the Stars left off. Kee Ildez is a specialist onboard the Starlight's Shadow. She's been a hacker, a soldier, and a bounty hunter. Varro Runkow is a Valorian weapons expert who came aboard along with Torran Fletcher in the previous installment. After saving the heir to the Valovian Empire, the crew is now hunting for Commodore Frank Morten.
But Kee has unrequited feelings for Varro and decides that she needs to get away from the ship for awhile and put some space between them so she can get over her feelings. Kee knows that if she gets off the Shadow, she might be able to use Bastian space station to track down Morten before he can start another war between the FHP (Federated Human Planets) and Valovian Empire. Varro, however, has other plans and follows Kee to the station.
Digging up hidden information is Kee's job, so hunting traitors should be a piece of cake, but the primary suspect spent years in the military, and someone powerful is still covering his tracks. To make things more interesting, there is a fashion show onboard Bastion which features prime designers from both FHP and Valovian which is sure to lure out all the trouble makers. When Kee is offered a position as a model for an important designer, she says yes which of course leads to chaos.
A fashion show is that has both Valovian and humans
collaborating to create clothing that combines both art and technology
together is almost unheard of. This
is all in an effort to bring their two races together in peace rather
than continue to promote harm and war between the two of them. Varro
rarely shows his emotions. He has a powerful ability that forces him to
keep a tight leash on his feelings so that he doesn’t impose on other
people’s will.
Because of this, he is difficult to read, as Kee learns
throughout the story. Even though there are more than a few moments of penned up frustration on Kee's part, Varro really does mean well. So much so that he gets angry when she gets hurt, or someone tries to hurt her. Kee cries easily, loves hard and opens herself to those around her. She's pretty much an open book when it comes to emotions. His most adorable aspects is making cookies for Kee which makes her weak at the knees.
This has been a pretty interesting series so far and the third installment is likely to be even better with two characters stepping into the starring role. While Kee may be the brains onboard, the rest of the crew has formed a unique bond that aims to stop another war from breaking out. The combined crew of humans and Valovian's cooks real food, eats together, and watch videos together. Sometimes they connect with each other like Tavi and Torran. The Starlight crew is determined to help maintain peace and root out the people intent on destroying it. Espionage, kidnappings, daring and dangerous rescue missions at what keeps this series from wandering off target.
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