"I couldn't put it down…Wonderful story! ...Moves fast and is interesting, likable main characters. You've created another world and reader is drawn into it, a real page turner."

"In the thirty-fifth century, a spacefaring Patusian trader crash-lands on the planet Afthar … leaving him deaf, blind, and mute. However, the planet has altered him somehow so that he gains the telepathic abilities of the dominant  drogans… Meanwhile, twenty-four-year-old Veddian medic Maranth-sa-Veddi-Dimore and her robot Doc have been assigned medical service on the planet Addehut. Human Afthari raiders kidnap her and Doc ... She becomes the medic for the [Afthari] human colony and comes across the disfigured man…

"...Two main interpersonal conflicts drive the story. One is Maranth’s internal dissonance as she changes from a traditional Veddian with great poise and mental control into a slightly traumatized slave, her world-view changing as she works to overcome great odds and comes to understand the limitations of her strict cultural upbringing on Veddi (formerly Earth). The other conflict is her undefined and quickly altering relationship with the mysterious Man With No Face…

"…THE TRADER is a space opera smoothly told with compelling writing, well-developed characters, and some original elements. A light, pleasurable read that should appeal to a wide readership."

"If it's a vivid science fiction read you're seeking… then you'll find yourself hooked from the first few paragraphs of The Trader - Man With No Face… Expect a book which holds mystery, action, romance and intrigue; all set against a backdrop of complex protagonists and situations…

"…But this is no light adventure story: R.K. Mann devotes quite a bit of attention to fully describing aliens, technology, and the trappings of a very different world, and this attention to detail pays off with scenes that are unusually sharp and realistic: 'The man gingerly lay down and watched anxiously as Doc swept him with an eyelike, blinking device, bathing him in blue light. The diagnostic light was silently accompanied by a highly sensitive ultrasound scan and, most importantly, an extremely sensitive sniffing intake that let Doc detect a myriad of illnesses by sampling the molecules coming off the patient...'

"...Add depth of character, vivid descriptions of place, and the meeting of two diverse protagonists and cultures makes for an engrossing read that's hard to put down and that offers no easy, predictable route along its trail of adventure."

“Space opera is fun. That's why I dug this. It has alien races, spaceships that have names, and a dude with no face. Was that obvious from the book's title?

“It's a space adventure with romance, derring-do and fighting. All the characters seem lived-in and familiar, even though this is the first book. That's a tremendous success for a writer to achieve...

“...Give this one a shot. You can never have too many stories with aliens and spaceships.”