Without Mercy: 5 (Siobhan Dunmoore)

What is the value of one life in an interstellar war that has already claimed millions? And if that single life doesnt matter are any others worth saving?A distress signal draws Siobhan Dunmoores Q-ship Iolanthe a battlecruiser disguised as a bulk freighter away from her devastatingly successful hunt through Shrehari occupied space and plunges Dunmoore into a dark merciless universe of competing government organizations undercover warfare and organized crime on a galactic scale. Along the way she crosses paths with an old foe and an uncertain ally as she and her crew race against time and determined opposition to rescue innocent civilians condemned merely because they were in the wrong place at the wrong moment. Powerful forces within the Commonwealth would call a handful of lives collateral damage in humanitys existential struggle against the Shrehari Empire. But Dunmoore wont accept that they arent worth saving even if it puts her at cross-purposes with her new commanding officer and the Commonwealths fearsome security bureau. After all her oath to serve and defend has no limitations and no expiry date.