Trading in Danger

Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family of successful ship merchants, but she yearns for adventure. She enlists in the military, much to her family's dismay, and excels until a costly mistake gets her expelled from the academy. She returns home, humiliated, and ready to face her family's disappointment. But when she is offered a chance at redemption as captain of a condemned ship on its way to the scrapyard, she jumps at it. Kylara sees an opportunity to make a profit by taking on a rival company's defaulted delivery contract and upgrades her ship. But her business endeavor takes a turn when she unknowingly sails into the middle of a colonial war. Kylara must use her military training to navigate the war and protect her crew. Elizabeth Moon creates a thrilling space adventure that combines business savvy with military strategy.