Author Mike Shepherd brings us a side tale to the Kris Longknife saga as her ship the Wasp returns for a voyage of discovery. One of Kris's great-grandafthers a old solder nicknamed Trouble finds out that Kris has returned and that she and Vicky Pertwald are safe. But the king calls Trouble to his office to speak with him about what they should and he also being one of Kris's great-grandafthers has a choice that he has to make. That choice sends him right into Kris's crosshairs because of the weapons that they sent her out with and the fact that they ran into an alien armada that will turn their attention onto both the Iteeche Empire and the U.S. This is a great short novella and one that I highly recommend picking up.