Progress was as merciless as it was unstoppable.

The age of the corporation. They owned everywhere and (almost) everyone. Without corporate 'protection' life could be both hard and short as redlisters found out. Carrion Duty is essentially the tale of two men living, seperately, on the fringes, Rhett, whose rebellion against his corporation's orders to exterminate a group of settlers landed him, first in prison then indentured to a salvage ship's company, and Sokul, pilot of a mech and following the orders of the ancient captain who oversaw The Rock, home of the Ravager commune. Eventually, the two meet.

This is a fast paced book, heavy with battle action but also with good character building. Inevitably, the reader realises that there will have to be a confrontation between the two very different main protagonists and loyalties are pulled between them.
Narrator Persephone Rose has a pleasantly mellifluous voice, fast paced, clear and well intoned. Speed of delivery and emotional imput is directed by the text and individual character voicings are distinctive: a good performance fitting the style of the book.

Although this is the fifth in the Necrospace series, it can easily be read as a stand alone. The very last chapter provides another change of direction suggesting a return to the beginnings for book six.
Good series and recommended for those who enjoy military/ action type science fiction.

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