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A Sort of Justice

By P. E. Sibley

Revenge is a sort of justice . . . Mark Praed is a half-alien, half-human who has inherited a skill from his Kyreen mother that makes him a valuable asset at the Commonwealth Intelligence Service: he can read minds. As a CIS agent, Praed uses his abilities to run a covert smuggling operation on Ludmalia, an alien planet conquered by a warrior race some two hundred years in the past. His goal is to help humans and Ludmalian rebels escape the planet after it is taken over by a militaristic dictator. But when his superior turns traitor and defects, Praed is captured, tortured for information by the man, and traded back to CIS. Praed vows to track down the man that betrayed him. He transfers to the Commonwealth’s counterterrorist task force in order to use their resources to locate his traitorous commander. There he is teamed with operative Alexandra Lansing, an auburn-haired beauty who is also a by-the-book veteran of two years. Alex isn’t fond of change and is none too happy to be working with a partner who can read her mind whenever he feels like it. Together Alex and Praed travel to a resort planet in an attempt to discover the source of an illegal arms pipeline in the sector. Their mission is to carry out routine surveillance on Jonathon Reul, owner of the planet, who is under suspicion of selling arms to anti-Commonwealth terrorists.