After learning all the years she has fought and led men to
their deaths have been part of a game designed by plastic
aliens, Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr leaves the military and
joins Salvage Operator Craig Ryde as partner and lover.
After being introduced to Craig's family-of-choice among
other salvage operators, she learns those who work salvage
are suffering a war of attrition; whittled down a ship and
person at a time by pirates. No one in authority is
taking action to stop them. Even the salvage operators
themselves are reluctant to risk more ships and lives by
fighting back.
Civilians have no need for someone with her skill set living
among them. Her drive to right wrongs, to lead others in
battle is not welcomed by people who wish only to keep their
heads down and tails tucked. Then the pirates lure Craig
and Torin to a rich field of salvage. They capture Craig,
leaving her adrift in space, with
short air and cut tether. The pirates should have made
certain she was dead because, no matter the cost, she will
hunt them down until Craig is safely back at her side.
As she and some of her old team pursue them, she discovers
why the pirates have need of a Salvage Operator. They have
found a sealed cache of weapons, enough to change the
balance of power and threaten the Confederation. The stakes
have just gotten more interesting. Good thing the old adage
is true-- there is no such thing as an EX-Gunnery
Sergeant.
THE TRUTH OF VALOR is the fifth novel in the Confederation
series, and the strongest yet. Huff throws Torin Kerr into
the deep end of the civilian pool; her old skills and
reflexes no longer a strength, but an instrument of
isolation. It is a pivotal entry to the series, and leaves
Kerr at a great spot to leap into further adventure.
Former Marine Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr is attempting to
build a new life with salvage operator Craig Ryder on his
ship, the Promise. Turns out civilian life is rougher than
she imagined - salvage operators are losing both cargo and
lives to pirates.
And when they attack the Promise, Craig is taken prisoner
and Torin is left for dead. When Torin finds out why the
pirates needed Craig, she calls in the Marines to get him
back - and to stop the pirates from changing the balance of
power in known space.
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