A Hop, Skip and a Jump by Mackey ChandlerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
New Friends
This is the fourth book in a continuing series. The book finishes at a natural break but the story definitely continues. This series also crosses over with another series by this author and has shared history and characters, and the reading order is listed on this post.
Now Lee has been given the gene modifications that most of those who live on Central and Home have, she has to change the way she looks at her life. She will live for hundreds of years and is stronger and faster than she ever could have dreamed of. Her life’s work is something that would take other people generations to accomplish and she will be there to see the results of her endeavours. Knowing you have that much time on your hands changes the way you look at things.
Coming back to Derfhome after their big journey means a different set of challenges to be faced. It seems that the Earthies are a bit reluctant to administer and protect their claims the way they did before because these claims are so far away. This means their teams aren’t getting money from their work any time soon. It also puts pressure on Lee and Gordon to find an alternative way to protect what they have found from claim jumpers.
As so many of their expeditionary forces were from Fargone, they decide to see if they can recruit them to their cause and find themselves spending more time there than anticipated.
Lee has more money than she can ever spend, she had found some fantastic friends and she knows with all the extra time she now has that she must DO something to fix all the problems she can see. Working with both old and new allies she tries to work her way through her difficulties in a way that everyone can live with.
I really enjoyed this book because we once again spend time with the Central characters. I really must read the April series to find out more about them because they are intriguing.
As Lee is getting older she is becoming more independent from Gordon. Gordon is becoming busier as he is recognised as very important to Derfhome in general and the Red Tree Clan specifically. He is a feared adversary on other worlds because of the way he fought in the war and that gives him a position he never expected to have. On top of that, he is wealthy beyond his wildest dreams and though he doesn’t seem to have Lee’s need to ‘fix’ everything, he is more than willing and able to help guide her in her endeavours. He is her mentor as well as her father.
The Mothers also recognise that Lee is growing more able and is given her own tasks by them, something every Derf expects from their Clan Mothers. Behaving like an adult gets you treated like one and Lee has proved herself in numerous ways to the Mothers already. As a member of the Clan, she knows she can’t say no and knuckles down to getting on with her job. This means lots of other things get shunted down the line, but she sets things in motion that have unforeseen consequences.
I love how the plot is really starting to tighten up in this book. Things are coming together and we can see the consequences of previous actions not only on the part of Lee but the other characters and political entities in the story. We also get to know a little more about the culture of the various races in the story, the Humans, Badgers and Derf in particular.
This is a great series and I can’t wait to read the next book, especially as Lee gets older she seems to really be starting to come into her own.
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