โ Scribed by Smith, Kristine
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"A fine new voice in the field of science fiction." -- _-- Catherine Asaro, author of _The Veiled Web
"A well-portrayed far-future society and a strong protagonist. . .Smith milks paranoid possibilities like an old pro." -- -- Asimov's
"The characters come alive in an intriguing setting...Smith is a major new talent in the field." -- Talebones, Fall 2000
Anarchy Rules
For eighteen years, Captain Jani Kilian has been hiding from her bloody past. Now she faces trial for what she once did, what she knows now, and what she has become.
Eighteen years ago, she was saved by a radical -- and illegal -- medical procedure that added alien genetic material to her own. But her hybrid body is breaking down. And so is everything else.
Relations between the human and alien idomeni races are deteriorating as rapidly as Jani Kilian's augmentation. And Jani's reemergence has caused old wounds to reopen and new wounds to form. Perhaps it's time for a damaged soldier to stop fighting; to let the desperate architects of a vast and devouring conspiracy keep the truth well hidden; to let the universe and everyone in it go straight to Hell.
Perhaps not...
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