A review by clairetrellahill
A Matter of Profit by Hilari Bell

4.0

I read this book as a kid in middle school and I don’t think I was prepared to absorb the thought provoking themes set out in this book. This reread made me bump it up to 4 stars. It’s a sci fi tale about a conquering race of people who’ve newly taken over a confederation of species and Ahvren, who is home in between wars and finding himself unable to lie. He embarks on a quest to save his sister from an unwanted marriage and so interrogates a lot of his own cultures problems and biases as he meets people from the T’Chin. A really good read, I’m glad I went back to it these years later.