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.

Rhoads vs Rhoads. It's showdown time!

On a stolen freighter, Kylie and Ricket—plus one curmudgeonly stowaway—have crossed the Velorum Rift and are within striking distance of the Revolution Fleet. Kylie's target is her brother, if she can reach him first, she might just have a chance to save him before destruction rains on them all.

But the Orion Guard is waiting, and there are more players in the game than she'd imagined. 

Deep in the Fringe, when your enemy is family, and your allies are out to get him, things get complicated.