Rules of Redemption

Kira Forrest was a war hero once. She has since given up that life for a quieter one as a salvager, picking through the wrecks of alien ships left behind by a conflict that almost destroyed humanity. She came up from a painful childhood, and she wants nothing more now than to be left alone.

When her ship is damaged, she has to divert to a space station. There her past and present meet, and the consequences are dangerous. Kira turns out to be the key to a treaty with the Tuann, a technologically advanced alien race that dislikes and distrusts humans, and the peace between the two species is already faltering.

Getting free should be simple, but a powerful Tuann warrior will not let her go. He is relentless, and he keeps edging toward the secrets she is working hard to hide. Deceiving him looks close to impossible.

This is science fiction with a military background and a postwar setting, told around a single heroine with a hard history. Kira has to decide how to face what she lived through and what she might still want from her life. The fate of two peoples hangs on whether she can outmaneuver the warrior who stands in her way.