In this book particular its a subject that runs as one of the main themes our main character 'Tim' shares a relationship with 'Dory' - a woman for all we know but in pre-transition.

Although initially set on the planet of Deanna we are introduced to P.I Timasket Skooch who happens to win the deeds of a 'Loderunner' ship during a card game.įrom the early stages of this story Christina Engela makes great efforts to not only tell a story with wide appeal but also includes a powerful inclusive message about the subject of transphobia and embracing who you really are on the inside. In the already established 'Quantum' universe comes a tale of the unexpected and it might be the best of the series so far. He was beginning to regret ever winning that card game…Ī fun tale about the perils of voyaging through space to earn an honest buck with a meaningful important message. Trouble was, now the mob – or someone – seemed to be out to kill them all.

He was sure it had something to do with the 10,000 credits he’d been offered to transport two passengers to an asteroid in the rings of – um, Jupiter (as soon as possible, no questions asked) by a middle-man with no neck and a tendency to smile a lot. Just now, things had gone pear-shaped again, and he found himself in the middle of a kind of cat and mouse game with some cloaks and daggers thrown in for good measure. Between the labor disputes and accidental deaths among the crew (who believed in settling disputes internally) Tim began to get a headache worse than the ones he got from getting kicked in the head. and to try his hand at running cargo instead, things had just blown up in Skoochs' face one day at a time (Florpavian Flamebirds tended to do that occasionally).

A few minutes later, the crew of his slightly run-down (and missing) loderunner “Celeste”, returned from a nearby pub, blind drunk, puzzled, and now unemployed as well.Įver since he'd decided to quit being a P.I. Returning from an evening in Mars City spent visiting relatives he didn’t know he had, Timaset Skooch arrived at the local space port to find his new acquisition stolen.

Loderunner by Christina Engela