Crystal Soldier

M. Jela Granthor's Guard is a soldier who was born to be a soldier, a soldier whose genes were selected before birth, whose life was chosen for him as one of service and dedication.

Cantra yos'Phelium is an ace pilot and a thoroughgoing rogue. She trades the dark and the gray markets along the war-torn Rim, running solo, with an eye on her own profit.

When fate casts them together, they form an unlikely – and uncomfortable – alliance, the soldier intent on his mission, the pirate intent on her survival...