The Recovery Man’s Bargain is not so much a sequel as a reboot of Recovery Man with a different focus. Recovery Man followed the two victims of a kidnapping/child custody case. The Recovery Man’s Bargain follows the kidnapper, Hadad Yu. Yu has to make a deal with the alien Gyonnese, who want a human child in return for children lost through industrial carelessness. Here are some of the issues raised. Should clones be considered fully human? Should the sins of the elders be visited on their offspring? Is bounty hunting human trafficking? Yu was a simple villain in the first novel, but here he has surprising depth. ( )

This was decent. I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5.
I wouldn't have imagined the Recovery Man's journey would be quite what it was.
This was an interesting inside look into a character I have zero interest in knowing better. ( )

A very short novel in the Retrieval Artist universe

This very short novel offers some back-story to the main story arc. Flint does not appear, but the events have a huge impact on his life.

It's an engaging and interesting story. My only quibble is that it really is extremely short; I read it in a couple of hours. ( )

A lot of this was a repeat of Recovery Man. Start was interesting. ( )