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    Allies: Adventures in the Liaden Universe®, #12
    Allies: Adventures in the Liaden Universe®, #12
    Allies: Adventures in the Liaden Universe®, #12
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    Allies: Adventures in the Liaden Universe®, #12

    By Sharon Lee and Steve Miller

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    "In the matter of allies only two things are important. First, can he shoot? Second, will he aim at your enemy?"

    Allies, Adventures in the Liaden Universe® #12 celebrates Cantra's often repeated quote with two prime examples.

    First, Fighting Chance is a short story featuring young Miri Robertson coming face-to- face with a two violent men and a life-changing decision. This story appeared as lead in Women of War in 2005.

    Next is the new Sharon Lee and Steve Miller novelette Prodigal Son.

    Val Con's necessity as Delm Korval requires him to leave pregnant Miri and return to the backward world Vandar. His enemies from the Department of the Interior threaten the well-being not only of his former bandmates Kem and Hakan, but Zhena Trelu and the entire planet. How could he foresee that Hakan's active curiosity would attract them?


    "The combination of wit, relationship, and space opera may appeal to readers of Lois McMaster Bujold." -- Booklist

    "No one does space opera better than Lee and Miller."  -- SFSite

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPinbeam Books
    Release dateJul 28, 2016
    ISBN9781935224211
    Allies: Adventures in the Liaden Universe®, #12
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    Sharon Lee

    Sharon Lee has worked with children of various ages and backgrounds, including a preschool, a local city youth bureau, and both junior and senior high youth groups. She has a bachelor’s degree in sociology and also in psychology. Sharon cares about people and wildlife. She has been an advocate in the fight against human trafficking and a help to stray and feral animals in need.

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      Allies - Sharon Lee

      DEDICATION

      Dedicated to the memory of Don Miller,

      who kept the cats and

      never gave up dreaming

      FIGHTING CHANCE

      Try it now, Miri called, and folded her arms over her eyes.

      There was a couple seconds of nothing more than the crunchy sound of shoes against gritty floor, which would be Penn moving over to get at the switch.

      Trying it now, he yelled, which was more warning than his dad was used to giving. There was an ominous sizzle, and a mechanical moan as the fans started in to work—picking up speed until they was humming fit to beat and nor yet there hadn't been a flare-out.

      Miri lowered her arms carefully and squinted up into the workings. The damn' splice was gonna hold this time.

      For awhile, anyhow.

      Pressure's heading for normal, Penn shouted over the building racket. Come on outta there, Miri.

      Just gotta close up, she shouted back, and wrestled the hatch up, holding it with a knee while she used both hands to seat the locking pin.

      That done, she rolled out. A grubby hand intersected her line of vision. Frowning, she looked up into Penn's wary, spectacled face; and relaxed. Penn was OK, she reminded herself, and took the offered assist.

      Once on her feet, she dropped his hand and Penn took a step back, glasses flashing as he looked at the lift-bike. Guess that's it 'til the next time, he said.

      Miri shrugged. The 'bike belonged to Jerim Snarth, who'd got it off a guy who worked at the spaceport, who'd got it from—don't ask don't tell. Miri's guess was that the 'bike's original owner had gotten fed up with it breaking down every third use and left it on a scrap pile.

      On the other hand, Jerim was good for the repair money, most of the time, which meant Penn's dad paid Miri on time, so she supposed she oughta hope for more breakdowns.

      Must've wrapped every wire in that thing two or three times by now, she said to Penn, and walked over to the diagnostics board. Pressure and speed had come up to spec and were standing steady.

      My dad said let it run a quarter-hour and chart the pressures.

      Miri nodded, saw that Penn'd already set the timer and turned around.

      What's to do next? she asked.

      Penn shrugged his shoulders. The 'bike was everything on the schedule, he said, sounding apologetic. Me, I'm supposed to get the place swept up.

      Miri sighed to herself. Nothing on tomorrow, either?

      I don't think so, Penn muttered, feeling bad about it, though it wasn't no doing of his—nor his dad's either. Though some extra pay would've been welcome.

      Extra pay was always welcome.

      I'll move on down to Trey's, then, she said, going over to the wall where the heavy wool shirt that served as her coat hung on a nail next to Penn's jacket. See if there's anything needs done there.

      She had to stretch high on her toes to reach her shirt—damn' nails were set too high. Or she was set too low, more like it.

      Sighing, she pulled the shirt on and did up the buttons. If Trey didn't have anything—and it was likely he wouldn't—then she'd walk over to Dorik's bake shop. Dorik always needed small work done—trouble was, she only ever paid in goods, and it was money Miri was particularly interested in.

      She turned 'round. Penn was already unlimbering the broom, moving stiff. Took a hiding, she guessed. Penn got some grief on the street—for the glasses, and for because of being so good with his figures and his reading and such which he had to be, his dad owning a mechanical repair shop and Penn expected to help out with the work, when there was work. Hell, even her father could read, and figure, too; though he was more likely to be doing the hiding than taking it.

      Seen your dad lately? Penn asked, like he'd heard her thinking. He looked over his shoulder, glasses glinting. My dad's got the port wanting somebody for a cargo crane repair, and your dad's the best there is for that.

      If he could be found, if he was sober when found, if he could be sobered up before the customer got impatient and went with second best . . .

      Miri shook her head.

      Ain't seen him since last month, she told Penn, and deliberately didn't add anything more.

      Well, he said after a second. If you see him . . .

      I'll let him know, she said, and raised a hand. See you.

      Right. Penn turned back to the broom, and Miri moved toward the hatch that gave

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