The Double Cross Program

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Summary: Double, Triple, Quadruple, Anyone?
Review: Chris Bunch has always written books that blend action and intrique with complicated political situations. In that, this third book of the Star Risk series is no different. Every word is worth it though!

M'chel Riss, partner of Star Risk, Ltd wants to hire her firm to invesitgate the death of someone she knows. Luckily, the parties involved need someone like Star Risk to advise and to win the war they are involved with their neighboring systems.

However, Star Risk is being setup for a double cross, and they don't particularly like their employers either. Nothing's stopping them from contemplating working for the other side...

Bringing peace to these systems while ensuring regular shipments of the main export - a new addictive crop - to the galaxy while keeping the Alliance off their backs may prove to be a bigger job than they can handle. Filled with incompetent rulers, huge battles, non-stop action, doublecrosses galore, and more - could this be the final mission for Star Risk?

This was an excellent followup to the first two books in the Star Risk series, "Star Risk, Ltd" and "The Scoundrel Worlds". The characters have proven they work well as a team in the previous two books. But now you see even more character developement as you learn more about M'chel, Grok, Chas, Jasmine, and even Friedrich as they take on the biggest job of their lives. Chris proves that he has the deft touch to blend action, politics, romance, and solid world building into a seamless whole. This is some of the best 'military' sci-fi being written out there.