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    The High Ground
    The High Ground
    The High Ground
    Audiobook10 hours

    The High Ground

    Written by Melinda Snodgrass

    Narrated by Nicole Poole

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The Emperor's daughter Mercedes is the first woman ever admitted to The High Ground, the elite training academy of the Solar League's Star Command, and she must graduate if she is to have any hope of taking the throne. Her classmate Thracius has more modest goals-to defy his humble beginnings and rise to the rank of captain. But in a system rocked by political division, where women are governed by their husbands and fathers, the poor are kept in their place by a rigid class system, and the alien races have been conquered and subjugated, there are many who want them to fail.

    A civil war is coming and the machinations of those who hunger for power threaten the cadets. In a time of political intrigue, class conflict, and alien invasion, they will be tested as they never thought possible . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 20, 2018
    ISBN9781977331342
    The High Ground
    Author

    Melinda Snodgrass

    Melinda Snodgrass is an author and a screenwriter. She wrote several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, including "The Measure of a Man," "The Ensigns of Command," and "The High Ground." She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

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    • 3/5
      The story of the oldest daughter of an emperor who has had the laws change to allow her to inherit in a patriarchal society. However she must attend (and graduate from) 'The High Ground', the military academy where all males of the upper class must attend for officer training.
      It's also the story of an only son from a lower class family, in a society of large families, who has won a scholarship to 'The High Ground' but is not interested in military service.
      As they both commence their military training, the two characters grow and learn in their new roles in society.
      In the background of the story, there are hints of a larger battle against an alien force that is conquering the stars and turning matter into crystals. There are also hints that all the alien races that the Earth has subjugated so far are not happy with their treatment as second-class citizens/servants.
      An enjoyable and well-paced read, however it did not delve deeply enough into character development and so the conflicts that came up did not always feel genuine. And the decisions that Mercedes made at the end felt a bit contrived.
      Another confused element was the story at the end of the prologue that alludes to an identical twin taking the place of his brother. It did not appear to be referenced again in the book and so the scene just feels confusing and out of place.
    • 4/5
      The emperor’s daughter/heir is the first woman to train at space academy in this future where a Spanish Catholic cultural aristocracy called the Fortune Five Hundred must send all the sons not destined for the church. The son of the Emperor’s tailor is unwillingly in her class and guess what, they hit it off.