"As Chaz and Sully work together against the Galactic Empire they fall in love"

In the far distant future, Earth is part of the Galactic Empire; a confederation encompassing many worlds and many species, some humanoid and some not, though all are sentient. As captain of an interstellar patrol ship, Chaz Bergren was proud to serve the empire until the day she was court-martialed for failing to obey instructions she claims she never received.

She was sentenced to life imprisonment on the penal planet Moabar and was without hope until Sully, a mercenary she tangled with over the years, rescued her. He needs her expertise as a pilot and her knowledge of the workings of the empire to see if any forbidden genetic engineering experiments are taking place and if they are, stop them using any means at their disposable. As Chaz and Sully work together, the pair falls in love. Even when Chaz learns some things about Sully that the empire taught were taboo and frightening, their feelings are strong enough to overcome the empire's prejudice.

GABRIEL'S GHOST is an excellent science fiction romance that will remind readers of Anne McCaffrey's "Freedom" series. Megan Sybil Baker is a fresh new voice in the sub- genre and she brings fresh ideas to the novel. Chaz and Sully's adventures continue in the author's next book and it will be great to be reunited with these idealistic, realistic and colorful characters. There is a secondary character in this novel, a humanoid with gills, who deserves to have his own story told because he is such a complex and admirable character.

Harriet Klausner © Copyright 2002
for ParaNormal Romance Reviews

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Courtesy PNR Reviews
Posted February 9, 2002

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Summary

Imperial patrolship captain Chasidah Bergren has more trouble than she needs. Stripped of command in a sham court- martial and sent to the harsh prison world of Moabar, her life can't possibly get any worse.

Until she's rescued by smuggler Gabriel Ross Sullivan, her former nemesis and almost lover. A dead man with a mission. He offers her freedom in exchange for her help in stopping an illegal genetics experiment that's already claimed far too many lives. And could place the Empire on the brink of civil war. But Chaz doesn't know that Sully's a ghost with a deadly, dark secret. A secret she was trained to hate and fear; one she may have to risk her life and her heart to protect.