"Due Diligence (24) (Liaden Universe?)" by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller

https://www.amazon.com/Due-Diligence-Adventures-Liaden-Universe%C2%AE/dp/0996634657/

Book number 24 of a 36 book space opera series with psychic elves in
space ! I count the series as 36 books as there are 31 novels plus 5 collections of short stories. I read the well printed and well bound
POD (print on demand) trade paperback novella published by Pinbeam Books
in 2017 that I bought new in 2020. I have more books in the series and
I plan to order more in MMPB.

Over a thousand years ago, the Liadens and several others escaped from a
dying Universe to the present Universe with Terrans and such. The dying Universe is still leaking spaceships and other flotsam to the
Liadenverse. Along with live people. And in the very recent past, the
Korval clan, whose founder was the pilot of the universe traveling space
ship, has been ousted from the Liaden planet to Surebleak, a harsh and underpopulated planet by Terrans and many others. The rest of the
Korval clan is slowly rejoining the others at Surebleak. And other
Liaden clans are moving themselves to Surebleak to follow Korval
wherever they may go as the Captain of their destinies.

The Clutch Turtles, a space born race, are big fans of the Clan Korval
and their sentient tree. In fact, they moved the Clan Korval and their sentient quarter mile tall tree from the Liaden planet to Surebleak, a
harsh and underpopulated planet by Terrans and many other races. All of
the races in the new Universe are very careful around the Clutch Turtles
due to their light year spanning powers and huge incredibly fast space
ships.
https://liaden.fandom.com/wiki/Clutch_Turtles

Fer Gun pen'Uldra was teetering between trouble, more trouble, and bad trouble. Cornered in a cheap bar by a too-knowledgeable stranger with
an unlikely offer, Fer Gun realized having no money and no space pilot
license might be the least of his troubles. Clan Korval knew his name
and that proposal was hard to refuse.

BTW, Sharon Lee's reading order of the series is:
https://sharonleewriter.com/liaden-universe-correct-reading-order/

The first book of the series, "Agent Of Change" is in my six star book list.

My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (562 reviews)

Lynn

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