Freighter Captain Jess Sondijk thought she had her life under control until Admiral Hudson's Confederacy battle cruiser stops her ship to search for contraband. His questions reopen matters she had thought resolved. What if her husband's death during an official boarding wasn't accidental? Hudson has his own questions. Who in the Confederacy is trading with the Ptorix? And what price is high enough to pay for starhearts, the prized jewels the aliens call the windows of the soul? Jess and Hudson's interests collide in more ways than one as they follow a shadowy trail of deceit and corruption in search of the truth. But while Jess is more than willing to put her life on the line to protect what's hers, Hudson must balance the risk of inter-species war at worst and the end of his career at best, in a deadly game of political intrigue, murder and greed.
- ISBN10 1304718689
- ISBN13 9781304718686
- Publish Date 23 December 2013 (first published 1 August 2012)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 May 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format Paperback
- Pages 248
- Language English