E. G. Manetti

Where duty and passion collide. A woman in peril. A powerful man with a hidden agenda.

To avoid execution for her father’s crimes, Lilian embraced her once chance at survival and became the apprentice of the powerful warrior Lucius Mercio

A woman in peril. A ruthless warrior. A dangerous contract.

For a year and a half, Lilian has endured the hostility, spite, and deadly violence of those who despise her for her father’s crimes.

Ruthless, devious, and ambitious, Lucius Mercio has elevated the Serengeti Group to the third wealthiest cartel in the Twelve Systems, cementing his place among the twelve most powerful members of the ruling warrior class.

With only a season and half left to her bond, Lilian’s enemies are becoming desperate, and those who would see her fail seek any infraction, no matter how minor, to deny her bond proof.

In defiance of the odds, Lilian is within a month of proving her bond, driving desperate Odds Managers to ever increasing bounties on her life—every step beyond the security of the cartel is perilous

After three years of trial, Lilian is free and Monsignor Lucius Mercio’s protege.

Within days of being rescued from Desperation Crevasse, Lilian must return at Lucius’ side as his shield bearer…

Four years ago, Lilian left the First System ruined, indentured, and in peril of execution.