Having used unorthodox methods to save a worldโand every sentient being on itโLieutenant Commander Kris Longknife is wanted across the galaxy for crimes against humanity. For her own safety, sheโs been assigned to a backwater planet where her Fast Patrol Squadron 127 enforces immigration control and smuggler interdiction.
But Kris is a Longknife, and nothing can stop her from getting back to the center of thingsโnot when all hell is breaking loose. Now sheโs on the run, hunted by both military and civilian authoritiesโand since the civilian authorities happen to be her immediate family, Kris soon finds herself homeless, broke, and on trial for her life on an alien worldโฆ
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