Reviews for Where the ships die

The average rating for Where the ships die based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-07-20 00:00:00 Kate Keys When Howard and Mary Voss are killed in a very suspicious shuttle crash, the story focuses on their two children. With the parents dead, there are many unscrupulous persons who want to get their hands on Natalie or Dorn Voss. If either of them have the co-ordinates for the 'wormhole' (aka warp/aka stargate) their parents controlled, that information is priceless. Natalie takes a berth as Third Officer in a merchant spaceship--only to find herself trailed by the alien Traa--and her new ship trailed by an armed pirate. Dorn, a few months from his 18th birthday, is stranded penniless by his parents' death on a backwards, corrupt colony world. He soon ends up in a slave laborr camp. A well written, fast paced SF adventure story. It is more an action novel, but the two major characters--Natalie and Dorn--are fairly well developed. Some of the minor characters are also well written, though described less fully. The three group bonding of the Traa race is interesting and they are satisfacory aliens. I also enjoyed the Dromo and the Treeth races when they joined in the action. I have read several of Mr. Dietz's books and have enjoyed them. He writes a competenet, enjoyable adventure story. Recommended for any SF fan over age 14. (Edited to fix a few typos --sorry for the re-post).

Review # 2 was written on 2020-12-19 00:00:00 Jeff Lavin It wasn't the best sci-fi novel I've read, but it isn't bad at all. Some of the characters were a little off (like a little girl who seemed to think like an adult). Anyway, I read it in like 3 days, so it was certainly good enough.