Kris Longknife is a daughter of privilege, born to money and power. Her father is the Prime Minister of her home planet, her mother the consummate politicianβs wife. Sheβs been raised only to be beautiful and to marry well. But the heritage of the military Longknifes courses through Krisβs bloodβand, against her parentsβ objections, she enlists in the marines.
She has a lot to live up to and a lot to prove in the long-running struggle between her powerful family, a highly defensiveβand offensiveβEarth, and the hundreds of warring colonies. And then an ill-conceived attack brings the war close to home, putting Krisβs life on the line. Now she has only one choice: certain death on the front lines of rim spaceβor mutiny...
Sciencefiction en fantasy