Second Star (the Star Svensdotter series) [Kindle Edition]

Dana Stabenow (Author)

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Product Description

Star Svensdotter is building a habitat for a space colony in Terra-Luna-Sol orbit at Lagrange Five, and she’s by God going to finish it on schedule, no matter how often fanatical Luddites, Space Patrol generals, Terran Alliance bureaucrats and her sister Charlie try to get in the way. You hear?

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 288 KB
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Dana Stabenow (March 23, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00200L8ZY
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #446,010 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Dana Stabenow was born in Anchorage and raised on 75-foot fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska.  She knew there was a warmer, drier job out there somewhere and found it in writing. 

Her first science fiction novel, Second Star, sank without a trace (but has since been resurrected as an e-book), her first crime fiction novel, A Cold Day for Murder, won an Edgar award, her first thriller, Blindfold Game, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and her twenty-eighth novel and nineteenth Kate Shugak novel, Restless in the Grave, comes out February 14, 2012.

Customer Reviews

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alaskans in Space!!, October 9, 2001

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Sharon A. Morganti (Fayetteville, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Second Star (Star Svensdotter, Book 1) (Paperback)

This is the first book of Dana's that I read and, as a Sci-Fi reader and an Alakan, it was fabulous! I've gone on to read the Kate Shugak and Liam Campbell series (since Dana and Sue Henry talked me into buying the first books of their mystery series at the Barnes & Noble in Anchorage) but Star will always be my favorite. For the non-Sci Fi readers out there, this is not a book with the unpronouncable names and unrealistic settings. Also, Star seems to be a decendant of one of the characters in the Kate Shugak series (re: the story knife). So, if you can find a copy of this well-written, plausible and enjoyable book,with a strong female protagonist, I highly recommend it!

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Her first book, March 10, 2008

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Ed King "The Eleclecticator" (Myrtle Point Or USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Second Star (Star Svensdotter, Book 1) (Paperback)

Her first book and it shows but she is a competent and interesting writer . The Sci-Fi came first [ a labor of love for the genre I think { I love it too } ] She continues to grow and try new forms . If you are a fan of her mystries her sci-fi trilogy will show another side of the writer .

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Second Star, December 20, 2011

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D. Willner "dina" (Mahwah, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Second Star (Star Svensdotter #1) (Kindle Edition)

One of the best things I ever did was pick up this book when it first came out in hard copy. It was a great trip into space that had everything - conflicts, wonder, romance. I loved it and I am now enjoying re-reading it on my Kindle. All I can say is why are there not more in this series?!

Of course, this book was also the reason that I picked up A Cold Day for Murder because I thought the author's name sounded familiar. I have never looked back. If Dana Stabenow writes it, I read it AND enjoy it. Highly recommend this and all her books.