Jethri Gobelyn, seventeen and stuck doing grunt work aboard his family's trading ship, stumbles into a scheme where a con artist has stolen a Liaden trader's identity, and has the nerve to report it straight to the wronged trader, Master Norn ven'Deelin. Impressed by his honesty, ven'Deelin offers Jethri an unheard-of apprenticeship among the Liadens, plunging a blunt Terran teenager into a culture of ritual courtesy, old grudges, and family secrets he's only beginning to understand.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- Jethri Gobelyn — #1
- contained in The Crystal Variationomnibus