Product Description: Deep in the stars, a young officer and her lover are plunged into a murder mystery and a deadly conspiracy in this first entry in a stellar military science fiction series, in the tradition of Lois McMaster Bujold When her crewmate, Danny, is murdered on the colony of Volhynia, Central Corps chief engineer, Commander Elena Shaw, is shocked to learn the main suspect is her lover, Treiko Zajec...read more

When her crewmate, Danny, is murdered, Central Corps commander, Elena Shaw, is shocked to learn the main suspect is her lover, Treiko Zajec. She knows Trey is innocent he was with her when Danny was killed. Retracing Danny's last hours, they discover that his death may be tied to a mystery from the past: the explosion of a Central Corps starship at a wormhole near Volhynia. For twentyfive years, the Central Gov has been lying about the tragedy. With the authorities closing in, Elena and Trey head to the wormhole, but the truth is far more terrifying than they ever imagined a conspiracy deep within Central Gov that threatens all of human civilization.