Ninth Life

After fifty years of wreaking havoc across the galaxy, the outlawNine Lives - aka Former General Gabi Ortiz - has finally met hermatch. Outgunned at the system's edge, she surrenders to theimplacable Inter-Planetary Marshal Dao Prynne, on one condition:she will go quietly if, during the long journey to back to Prosper, sheis allowed to tell her story once and in full to the known worlds, toensure she is never forgotten.As Ortiz's story unfolds, Prynne realises she is no longer certain ofanything, least of all Ortiz's guilt. And worse, powerful forces aredetermined that the former General will not reach Prosper alive.Soon Prynne finds herself protecting the very woman she intendedto deliver to justice. But unbeknownst to her, Ortiz has an ace upher sleeve, and help - in the form of old friends - can arrive in themost unexpected of ways...