Fortune's Pawn is the first in the Paradox series by Rachel Bach (Paradox is the name of a planet). This is good military science fiction with an interesting female protagonist. It's set in the distant future, there are four known intelligent species in the universe, humans are divided into two big groups (Terrans and Paradoxians).
While this isn't great literature, Bach does a few things well. For one thing, the plot zips right along. That's important in this sort of novel. Another is that she makes future technology believable and makes the battle scenes realistic. Finally, the characters are fairly interesting. The main one is Deviana Moris, a mercenary who gets hired aboard a spaceship that is full of unusual people. Part of the fun here is finding out about those other people.
I'll be reading the rest of the series.
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