Murder on the Intergalactic Railway

<p><span style=caret-color: rgb(51 51 51); color: rgb(51 51 51); font-family: Arial sans-serif;>For Murdina Ritchie acceptance at the Oymyakon Foreign Service Academy means one last chance at her dream of becoming a diplomat for the Union of Free Worlds. For Shackleton Fitz IV it represents his last chance not to fail out of military service entirely.</span><br style=caret-color: rgb(51 51 51); color: rgb(51 51 51); font-family: Arial sans-serif;><span style=caret-color: rgb(51 51 51); color: rgb(51 51 51); font-family: Arial sans-serif;>Strange that fate should throw them together now among the last group of students admitted after the start of the semester. They had once shared the strongest of friendships. But that all ended a long time ago. </span><br style=caret-color: rgb(51 51 51); color: rgb(51 51 51); font-family: Arial sans-serif;><span style=caret-color: rgb(51 51 51); color: rgb(51 51 51); font-family: Arial sans-serif;>But when an insufferable but politically important woman turns up murdered the two agree to put their differences aside and work together to solve the case. </span><br style=caret-color: rgb(51 51 51); color: rgb(51 51 51); font-family: Arial sans-serif;><span style=caret-color: rgb(51 51 51); color: rgb(51 51 51); font-family: Arial sans-serif;>Because the murderer might strike again. But more importantly solving a murder would just have to impress the dour colonel who clearly thinks neither of them belong at his academy.</span></p>