I had expected to hear from someone, but not so soon. It had only been four hours since the Golden Tiger had disintegrated as the six cruisers collided into a gargantuan explosion that looked like a miniature supernova.<Comm—connect.> Immediately, Captain Hang appeared."Greeting, Leader Ree...
"How was your introduction to civilian life?" Wexler asked after I had sat down, three days after Hada and I arrived back at Sasser Mountain. "Scary, sir," I said, being truthful. "Yes. And worse for a woman, I would think. In the military, men and women are equal and women are frequently in posi...
Ann Marie had either changed brands or was adding something to the old one. I made a note to ask her. "Well Boss, what's my next assignment?" "I would have expected you to ask for time off to visit Clare." "I thought I had to be shot up to ask," I said, holding back a smil...
We were well into spring, which meant the traveling merchants would be visiting Oberen, and I hoped to find work with one. I had no place I particularly wanted to go and decided to let fate determine the destination. I didn't know if I was searching for a place, a people, or a profession. All I c...
It's the Nicobar, an Intel ship, with Vice Admiral Munoz, Assistant Director of SAS Intelligence, aboard. He is requesting Commander Iglis and you join him for dinner at seventeen hundred hours," Gelman said, looking at me over his shoulder."Get me Commander Iglis on the Comm.""Ma'am, Commander I...
We arrived around ten hundred hours and found Adrian and Rich in the conference room with Stauffer. "Good morning, ladies. You deserve time off after your latest adventure, but I wanted an update before you go. Rawls will want to know where we stand," Stauffer said when we...
If you aren't busy Saturday night, I have some time off. We could have dinner or go to a show or both," he said in a rush. I smiled at the image of him holding his cell and his breath and with his fingers crossed. In truth, I had my fingers crossed for the past few days hoping he would call for a...
Are you ready to get back to work?" "You know better than anyone else, I enjoy my life as a Kazak and wouldn't trade it for anything. I've learned that time with Clare and my few friends is necessary. If I hadn't discovered that, I don't believe that I would have the same healthy attitude or blen...
They were in the cabin assigned to Salazan, with a nearly empty bottle of wine sitting on the table between them. "Reese must go, " Salazan said, draining what was left in his glass and throwing it. He smiled as it smashed against the wall and shattered. "Her lies are gaining her status she doe...
They were currently calling names beginning with the letter K. I felt a bit nostalgic as cadets I knew from my classes walked onto the stage to receive their diploma and letter of promotion. These past four years had been the best years of my life. But now what? I cringed at the thought. Where wo...