Tantamount

Driven, courageous and unwaveringly loyal to her captain and crew, Nel Vaughn should have all the makings of a hero. Trained to fight, lead, and sail the ocean that is space, she should have been the best. But she doesn’t want to be a hero and will run to the farthest reaches to avoid the responsibility. When her captain orders her to rescue a marooned survivor from a wrecked ship, Nel’s first impulse is to get him off the Tantamount as quickly as possible.

Wanting nothing to do with playing the hero, Nel can only struggle as others, both well meaning and devious, seek to draw her into an expanding conflict between the Alliance and a rebelling planet. Nel’s past will come back to haunt her when she confronts a captain who once asked Nel to kill for her as Nel sails under a new captain who she might die for.