Pirate Sun
{4.5/5} “She saw infinite patience there, the look of a man who has long ago abandoned himself to his role in life. It came to her that he knew what was coming, had plotted out each of her moves as on a chessboard, long before she spoke or acted. He knew what she intended, and thought he knew why she would be doing it. If he responded, it would only be as a countermove in a game he obviously took no pleasure in playing.”
Pirate Sun by Karl Schroeder, published in 2008
Chaison Fanning, former admiral, gets broken out of prison. When Chaison and two companions escape in the chaos, they almost get caught by police again — and are rescued by a member of the Virga home guard. She mentions that they are trying to figure out what caused “the outage” — Chaison knows that it was his wife who did it, but isn’t sure if the should tell her.
This is the sequel to Queen of Candesce.
It’s about doing what’s right in the situation you find yourself in. It’s about people who are on a mission because they believe in it, and people who are on a mission because someone is forcing them to.
The main character in book 2 is one of the main characters from the 1st book, and the main character of this book is another one of the main characters from the 1st book.
I’ve read 10 books by Schroeder.