Helen Zilwicki gets pulled into a dangerous three-way tangle of Havenite State Security agents, anti-slavery guerrillas, and a mercenary company all working for a corporation with no scruples about who gets hurt along the way. Set in the lawless Meyers Sector, the novella lays groundwork for the Crown of Slaves spin-off novels, following Helen as she's forced to decide which of the factions closing in on her she can actually trust. It's a street-level look at the underside of the Haven-Manticore war.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- Honor Harrington Universe short fiction
- contained in Changer of Worldsanthology
- contained in The At All Costs Diskomnibus
- contained in The Hell Hath No Fury Diskomnibus
- contained in The Honorverse Diskomnibus
- contained in The Mission of Honor Diskomnibus
- contained in The Shadow of Saganami CD-ROM: Limited Editionomnibus
- contained in The Storm from the Shadows Diskomnibus
- contained in The Torch of Freedom Diskomnibus
- contained in The Wind Rider's Oath Diskomnibus
- contained in Worldscollection