This is the 3rd in the series of this really intriguing, hugely fun, Lawyer dynamic series.
The series follows the Matthews Family Empire, mainly the brothers Tyler and J.B., and their Sister Rosalie, who have started their own Lawyer firm, Star Lawyers, aboard what used to be a flying brothel, a starship with Holographic technology used to create the A.I. programs it houses as ‘Escorts’. However, the Brothers commandeered the ship, renamed it to the ‘Patrick Henry’, and with the help of the Chief Mechanic Paco Leon, converted it to a Legal Firm, reprogramming the Escorts into Legal Staff. They now fly around the Galaxy defending those that need it.
In Book 3, that happens to be one of their own, Mr Blue, who up until the end of Book 2, was working for the Matthews Brothers, until he had to return home, to the Quirt-Thyme Empire, where he is accused of Regicide.
Book 3 is easily the most complex book of the series so far, as the Quirt-Thyme Empire is an incredibly complex and interwoven political system, in which a male can have up to 3 wives.
Whilst Tyler tries to defend his friend and colleague, at his own peril, since defending someone of Regicide actually carries the death penalty, J.B., Rosalie and Suzie have to head to a Mek Colonial World at the request of their Father, Noah Matthews, to try and help his Brother, their Uncle, Charlie, who has been arrested for seduction and sedition which carries the death penalty. The Mek culture is one that is very Matriarchal, and it is fine for woman to have certain relationships (they can marry all they want), but men are only allowed to be married once, and must follow certain rules.
Tyler, J.B. and the Gang are set upon early on by different assassination attempts and other attempts to thwart them, making their mission difficult, and also confusing them about who has been attacking them. There is a lot of political intrigue in this story, at a multitude of levels, and it is incredibly fascinating the sheer complexity of the Quirt-Thymean Empire. This is something that really shows just how incredible the Author is, in that this is just one of the aspects of the world building that is so exceptional in this book. There is so much depth to just this particular aspect of the story, that you feel you could quite literally start to study Quirt-Thymean culture, and it is so absorbing and compelling on so many levels. Not just the culture, their addiction to food, and how (much like Hobbits), they have multiple meal times each day, their entire society is controlled by food and meal times, even their legal system. The multi-faceted nature of their royal family, as well as the marriage system they employ, makes Buckingham Palace look like a kids game.
And this is before you introduce the Female’s of the species that have special abilities with the pheromones that they produce, so powerful that they can not only seduce anyone they want, regardless of their own sexual preferences, desires, even if they are celibate, or in love with another. But even more incredible, is that they have the power to control other beings, to make them do things, believe things, or even forget things.
As the Gang delve further into Mr Blue’s Regicide case, fighting off all sorts of murderous robots, J.B., Rosalie and Suzie leave to go to the Mek Colonial World, only to have their own troubles, a binary black hole. Only the instincts of the Holographic Crew saved them from instant death, and now, they must fight to somehow survive this brutal and unique phenomena.
As with the other stories, the Character work in this story is just outstanding, there are so many amazing and incredible Characters, and it is again, another collection of remarkable, creative and engaging aliens and humans alike.
The Author is able to create so many different types of Characters with such consummate ease, from the Matthews Brothers, who are Polar Opposites, to Rosalie, who appears sweet, but is a deadly assassin, to Mr Blue, whose obsession with food and ability to confuse English Idioms makes him one of the funniest Characters in the series.
There is the Beautiful and Fiery Suzie, who is still coming to terms with her Organic side. This aspect of the story is again, fascinating.
This is one of the really clever things about this series, there are just so many different story lines, that you actually forget some of the minor ones, until something happens, and then your like – “Wow – I forgot that!!”
The other great thing about this Author’s work, is that obviously he has a comprehensive list of all of these little side plots, and Character storylines, as he is following them up as things happen, there is progress on some of them, even closure on a few, and you just know that he is going to make sure that by the time this series wraps up, the Author will have wrapped up all these sub-plots.
I just have to say that I have come across some pretty amazing world/galaxy building in books recently, but this one really outdoes itself. The incredible complexity, and multi-dimensional, interwoven nature of the details, the depth, just the sheer quantity and quality of it all. As I said, you could seriously do a study on the Quirt-Thymean Empire, but the same goes for the Suryadivan’s from the first books, or even the Matthews Family Empire. I would actually love to see the Author’s work space, and all the information that must be stuck up around the place, all the information that must be stored on computer files, on diagrams, maps, sticky notes – it must be amazing!!!
I would love to see a Guide to Star Lawyers one day, with different sections for Races, Planets, Ships, Characters, it would be brilliant.
There is just so much going on in this third book, it is hard to tell you all about it, especially without giving away spoilers, and that is something I really don’t want to do, as it is just too much fun to get into yourself. This is just such a fantastic book, and it not only gives you another book in the series, it gives you a great insight into the Quirt-Thymean Empire, Mr Blue (we get to see a lot more of his background and who he is), as well as some other really fantastic characters.
Lovey Frost is back as a part of Tyler’s team, and she is brilliant, adding a lot to the story. There are also a slew of Quirt-Thymean Characters that are just outstanding. (I think my favourite is Sash!!)
If you enjoyed the first 2 books in the series, you will absolutely LOVE this book, as it is an easy equal to the first books in the series.
This is one of those series that just has to be read if you are a fan of Sci-Fi, as it is so good, and one day soon, it will be on all of those lists of ‘Must Read’ books, along with the greats. This is Sci-Fi at its absolute best, with a lot of great Tech, Characters, full on action, and just non-stop fun.
Jump on board the Patrick Henry now!!
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