Only Bad Options

Few people outside her workplace know Vesper Quill. She spends her days in the research and development lab of Kent Corp, one of the Archipelago Galaxy's most influential firms, designing brewmakers and other household appliances. Gifted with a photographic memory and the ability to foresee events, she gains unwanted notice when she identifies a flaw and a safety hazard in Kent Corp's new starcruisers. Her discovery makes her a target, and she is caught off guard before she can react. Her troubles grow worse when she meets Kyrion Coldren, a haughty Regal lord who insists that the two of them share a bond that could end up killing them both.

Kyrion Coldren is a name that frightens people across the Archipelago Galaxy. He leads the Arrows, the elite fighting force of the Imperium, and serves as the personal killer of Lord Callus Holloway. Even the wealthy Regals of Corion keep their distance from him. He is a psion with telepathic and telekinetic powers, yet he finds that Vesper can see past many of the secrets he guards. A strange and unwelcome side effect of psionic magic binds the two of them together, forcing them to cooperate as they expose a dangerous conspiracy and evade enemies who want to control them.