Stewart, Glynn. Evasion. Scattered Stars: Evasion No. 1. Kindle, 2021.
Evasion is the beginning of a second series in the Scattered Stars Universe. After an interstellar war, one pilot escaped to the hinterland to form a mercenary Nova fighter force in the first series. In this second series, a pilot has escaped with another team of veterans to run a well-armed freighter in dangerous territory. Both series feature protagonists who are sadder but wiser vets who must strap it on one more time in a just cause. This structure works well to provide character depth in an action plot. The spacecraft technology is all stuff we have seen before—fighters that would be right at home in Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica and Freighters whose warp drives are powered by something like capacitors that must be recharged or discharged before the next jump. There is not much in the way of smart computer tech. In fact, in a meme I quite like, robots and Ais are called “artificial stupids.” The scattered stars universe is in no way cutting edge, but it is a readable, if predictable, story right down the center of genre expectations. 3.5 stars. ( )