"A sizzling Sci/Fi Romance!"
Moriah is a woman who was abused by her father and then
sold in a game to a Shadower as a slave. She manages to
escape learns how to survive with her younger sister by
keeping a low profile in a galaxy that is ruthless. Her
highest rule is to never trust a man. But business is
business and the best way for her to earn money is to
smuggle goods, be they illegal or not. Her only goal is to
provide for her younger sister. Sabin Travers is man whose identity he hides as a
Shadower as he tries to raise funds to help out fellow
Shielders who are oppressed by the Controllers. On a
routine mission to a less than savory planet called Giza he
is surprised to see an attractive woman at the end of the
bar. When Sabin tries to approach Moriah she turns her
back on him. Briefly his ego is bruised, as he knows he is
not by any means short on good looks. It is not long however before Moriah gets involved in a
bar game of chance that turns into a brawl over her
winning. Sabin is impressed that she can hold her own one
on one, but not against so many odds, thus he steps in to
save the day. Of course independent Moriah is by no means
thankful for his help, especially from a man. Unfortunately
the wound she has suffered from this fight renders her
unconscious and next thing she knows she is waking up on
his ship. The sparks and dynamics shoot off from here as Sabin
tries to bridge some kind of trust with her. While Moriah
uses every trick she knows to escape this maddening yet
attractive man. Both are driven by a different code of
honor that has helped them to succeed over the years.
However if they are to achieve their goals under a common
enemy each will have to surrender to the other to
survive. Ms. Spangler writes an incredible sci/fi romance with
characters of great depth, strength and emotion. Her idea
is credible, her enemy is twisted, and her writing is
phenomenal. I love this book because of the extreme
emotional opposites she throws together. Shadower acts as
a prequel to her very successful book Shielder. Mindy Lobaugh © Apr. 2005
for PNR Reviews
Reviewed by Mindy Lobaugh
Posted November 2, 2006
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