Shared Sentience

Detective Jay Steiger is an outlier among the Stripes, Inter-World's law enforcers who keep order across the 132 settled solar systems. His battered Stetson and stubborn independence set him apart from his ex-military peers, but it's the AI deputy in his head—Tee—that makes him truly unique. Jay's ambition is simple: earn permanent Lone Wolf status and finally unlock the sealed files on his father...