Ever since I read SHADES OF DARK, I've been waiting for Philip Guthrie's story and I'm so happy to say that it's here and what a story it is!

When we last saw Philip he was pretty banged up but at least he was still alive. Now he's been given a ship and a rag tag crew to help fight the Imperial Forces. Unfortunately the ship he is given is an old cruiser that had been used as a cargo ship. Of course, beggars can't be choosers.

Rya Bennton is ex-ImpSec and really doesn't know what to do with herself now that her father has been killed. She decides to join the Alliance against the Imperial Forces and go to Seth to see if she can serve on board her father's old Stryker. Little does she know that Philip Guthrie will be the commander of the ship, the same Philip Guthrie whom her father brought home when she was nine and she tossed peas at. She had been half in love with Philip since then even though he was years older than she was.

HOPE'S FOLLY was action packed from beginning to end. In the midst of all the action, there's Philip's and Rya's story. It's not a pretty one but it certainly is intriguing. I was on the edge of my seat with this one and even though I dreaded reading The End because the story would be over, it still did not make me slow down reading this book one iota! Linnea Sinclair is one author on my keeper shelf and her books are always rereads for me!