Ambassador 1A: The Sahara Conspiracy

This is the third book I've read in this series (I read 1 & 2 then discovered 1A). The world building is terrific and very detailed, but the author doesn't overwhelm the story, it just appears naturally in the narrative. The intricate plot of politics, ambition and clash of cultures is fascinating.......more

*4/1/17 - Reading this a 2nd time I find that I enjoyed the story more, probably because I'm more invested in the characters lives having read the rest of the series last year. I think it's funny also that this time around I didn't see it as Cory getting dragged along, instead I realized that he was......more

In Cory Wilson, Patty Jansen has created the kind of “diplomat” we could use a lot more of on Planet Earth in 2017. Cory is a kind of interface between a United-Nations-like organization, and several different types of aliens who have been visiting and living on Earth for a great many years, without......more

Set entirely on Earth this opens with Cory about to return to Barresh when he is summoned to appear at the offices of the Acting President where he is briefed on a mission to the least hospitable part of the planet. It seems that an alien gun-smuggling business has become established in the northern......more

It took me a few goes to get through book 1, but I finally did and then thought, there's loads of books in the series, maybe it improves. So I got book 1A. It's not better. The more time I spend with Cory, the less I like him. He's so human superior it's infuriating. And he's whiney. Also, why any o......more