Stratton: Book Six of the Rim Chronicles

They’re nothing alike. One has the power to destroy the galaxy. The other, power to heal it. And yet they’re best of friends.

Four months into Karin and Kitaya’s distant star-fields assignment on a mundane star-post Stratton, a hugely significant event is scheduled to take place. Stratton is about to be given high profile and an outstanding place in the history of the Federation. And the two young fleet officers who are hiding there, are about to find themselves in a mercilessly glaring spotlight--while all the players hiding in the shadows have their guns trained on that exact same spot...and their trigger fingers are very itchy....