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Title: Dense, pedestrian, and boring.
Review: A rabid Dana Stabenow fan, I had no idea she had ever written SF. Now I know why this little-known aspect of her past is little-known. Written in 1991, the sequel to "Second Star" finds Star Svendotter leading an expedition and "head(ing) out to the asteroid belt, man's last wild frontier, to make their fortune." I trudged through this book, looking for any hint of the brillant talent that produced "A Cold Day for Murder" in 1992. Nothing. I found nothing. This book's only value lies in what came after it.
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