Common Cause

Kiran Grace and Andrelis Rossen meet as cadets at the Officer Training Academy of the Union of Independent Worlds and, despite the rivalries and suspicion between their home planets, Akna and Parabellum, they can't deny the attraction they feel. Kiran's competence and flair impresses Andrelis and challenges his assumptions about Kiran's people. For his part Kiran is attracted to the martial societ...