Kris Longknife: Defender

Description

Kris Longknife is back in the good graces of the brass-and to demonstrate that, they've promoted her to Admiral. Now her mission is to find the home base of the space pirates who are plaguing the fringes of the galaxy. But no mission is ever simple when your name is Longknife. And this time the complications range from the military to the personal, as Kris finds herself-reluctantly-having to make some command decisions about her future...

Mike Shepherd is a pseudonym for Mike Moscoe. Moscoe is a full-time writer who lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Praise for the Kris Longknife novels "A whopping good read...Fast-paced, exciting, nicely detailed, with some innovative touches."-Elizabeth Moon, Nebula Award-winning author of Echoes of Betrayal "Kris can kick, shoot, and punch her way out of any dangerous situation, and she can do it while wearing stilettos and a tight cocktail dress."-Sci Fi Weekly "Fabulously written and frenetically paced, the Kris Longknife series is one of the best in science fiction."-Fresh Fiction