"Naratha's Shadow" pits a Scout and a priestess against a wandering artifact of the Old War -- a planet eater that hasn't, quite, run out of power.In "Heirloom," Pat Rin yos'Phelium and his young cousin Nova must unravel the puzzle behind an old rug that has been stored, not only dirty, but bloodstained."Put plainly and simply, I like the Liaden books. . .for a whole slew of reasons. In the end, however, the reasons don't matter. What matters is that more people should be reading what Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have written." -- L. E. Modesitt, Jr., author of Legacies"Sharon Lee and Steve Miller are so good, it's scary." -- S.L. Viehl, author of the Stardoc series