Obligated Service

Claire Bedlam LeCroix is one of the first women admitted as officer candidates in the Grayson Space Navy, a service that has never had to make room for anyone like her before. This novella follows her through training in an institution built entirely around men, where every mistake gets read as proof she doesn't belong and every success barely registers as anything but exceptional. It's a close look at the Grayson theocracy's halting first steps toward letting women serve in uniform.