Perilous Alliance

When Tanis Richards sold her nanotech in the Silstrand Alliance, no one could have imagined the chain of events she would set in motion.

Gedri is one of the star systems in the Silstrand Alliance…sort of.

Controlled by several crime syndicates, most of what goes on in there is the opposite of legal. The Silstrand Alliance government stays out of the system as much as possible, only intervening when things really fall apart.

That makes it the right sort of place to disappear in, or to make a quick buck. 

The Gedri System is at war with Silstrand. As the Alliance reels, Scipio readies its forces, smelling blood in the water.

Meanwhile, Kylie awakens aboard a warship captained by her brother. Her family, the peaceful, low-tech Rhoads, have changed. Establishing a line of pure humans is all they care about. Her father, the preacher, is set to rain armageddon down on any system that opposes him. His first stop? 

Silstrand.

A spaceship captain's needs are simple: Pilot a ship, hang with your crew, and drink a lot of coffee. Oh, and avoid people trying to kill you.

When she and her crew land on a mining station to meet an arms dealer with information about her warmongering brother, that last one is out the window.

Three out of four isn't too bad for Kylie Rhoads.

Turns out, a lot of people want her dead and off the station, but she won't leave without finding out who put her would-be-assassin up to the task. 

Kylie's mission is over and she's ready to take a long vacation.

Her enemies, however, have other plans.

After an uneventful return to Silstrand Alliance space, Kylie is ready to finally move on. She has but two tasks left: deliver her brother to the authorities and testify at his trial. Tempering those somber duties are happy reunions with old and new friends as Kylie readies herself to end this chapter of her life.