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5. The Vondish Ambassador, Lawrence Watt-Evans (e-book)
I have a soft spot for the Ethshar books, even though (or because) they tend to run to a formula of "clever young person winds up in a situation where their cleverness is useful, and then rewarded". In this case the CYP is not the titular ambassador but an itinerant dockworker who winds up being hired as his aide, and who then proceeds to be clever as necessary. Light and enjoyable.
All of the Ethshar books (except for the two that wound up at Tor[1]) are available from Fictionwise, which is great for me; they're just about perfect comfort re-read material, and this will fit right in to the rotation.
[1] (Insert obligatory rant about Holtzbrinck's handling of e-book editions here.)
( Rereads: Science Fictional Olympics, Heinlein, Wrede, Vinge, Scalzi )
I have a soft spot for the Ethshar books, even though (or because) they tend to run to a formula of "clever young person winds up in a situation where their cleverness is useful, and then rewarded". In this case the CYP is not the titular ambassador but an itinerant dockworker who winds up being hired as his aide, and who then proceeds to be clever as necessary. Light and enjoyable.
All of the Ethshar books (except for the two that wound up at Tor[1]) are available from Fictionwise, which is great for me; they're just about perfect comfort re-read material, and this will fit right in to the rotation.
[1] (Insert obligatory rant about Holtzbrinck's handling of e-book editions here.)
( Rereads: Science Fictional Olympics, Heinlein, Wrede, Vinge, Scalzi )
