Who are they, really? Devi's goes on a solo fact-finding mission to find out, but as she fights aliens, including the dangerous and dreaded xith'cal, ends up injured several times and later bitten, she begins to find some astonishing answers that place her bright future in jeopardy and her life in mortal danger from unexpected enemies.įortune's Pawn, by Rachel Bach is the first installment in her Paradox military science fiction series. But what really intrigues her is the secrecy surrounding the ship's crew, particularly Captain Caldwell, his daughter Ren, and Rupert, the drool-worthy cook. To achieve her goal, Devi takes a short cut by signing a one year contract as security in The Glorious Fool, a beat-up space ship rumored to be cursed where security officers rarely finish contracts because they die on the job.ĭevi quickly finds out that this is true as the ship is attacked by either pirates or aliens almost everywhere they go. To her, that means becoming part of the elite Devastator unit guarding the Sainted Paradoxian king. Deviana Morris is an armored combat mercenary obsessed with becoming the best in her home planet Paradox.
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