Murder Under Another Sun

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Nothing is new under another sun. Not even murder.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This mission should be simple. Exoplanetary scout Leif Grettison and ace pilot Yang Yong are off to deliver a load of supplies and reinforcing settlers to a recently colonized planet. It's as routine as a starflight can be.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Famous last words.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Something is wrong with the colonists. They are astonishingly ill-suited for the task of settling a new world. The planet too is a poor place to plant a town for humans. Even if everything goes right the colony might not survive.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Then one of the colonists is found dead. Murder is a possibility.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Not long after another one dies-and this time it's definitely murder. In a world with only two hundred people there's at least one killer.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Meanwhile the colony's new leader has a plan-but Leif has doubts. Will this man save the settlement or use his power to become a dictator?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Leif and Yong's mission is clear: they must leave the colony in shape to survive.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Leif is a retired soldier not a detective and when it comes to investigating a crime he doesn't have a clue. Literally. Still it falls to him to follow the evidence and find the killer. He also needs to deal with the leader and the leader's plan. If Leif fails the only mystery may be how long it will take for everyone to die.</span></p>