'Fool's War' by Sarah Zettel is a space adventure, a mystery, and a conspiracy plot.

Katmer Al Shei is captain of the Pasadena, at least part of the time. She's on a delivery run and has hired a fool, Evelyn Dobbs, because that improves morale but also this improves the value of the cargo. What she doesn't know is what was left on board by the last crew. She also is not aware of what her fool is capable of, and those things just might start a war.

I really liked this story and the characters. I liked the journey the story took and that the characters were fairly complex in motive and background.

Nothing amazing here. I kept putting this one down, It just didn't spark my interest enough to finish. Three stars.