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Lieutenant Travis Long of the Royal Manticoran Navy is the sort of one who desires an orderly universe. One where people follow the guidelines. Alas he lives in the real universe. The glad tidings are that Travis is one of those exceptional people who may like guidelines but has a ability for considering outside them when everything begins coming apart. That ability has stood him - and the Star Kingdom - in good stead before, and it's really one reason he's now a "mustang" - an ex-enlisted man who's been given a commission payment as a king's official. The bad news is the fact that two the simplest way of making foes ever developed are insisting on enforcing the guidelines...and considering outside them when other folks don't. Travis found that lesson the hard way as a volunteer in basic training, and he is aware that if he could just keep his brain down, transform a blind vision to violations of the guidelines, and avoid stepping on senior officials' feet, he'd have the desired effect. However the one guideline Travis Long absolutely can't break is the one which says an official in the Royal Navy does his obligation, whatever the consequences. At the moment,there are powerful makes in the young Star Kingdom of Manticore's Parliament that don't think they want him. For example they're confident they don't really need the Royal Manticoran Navy, either. In the end, what does a sleepy little single-system legend land on the outside edge of the explored galaxy need with a navy? Unhappily for the coffee lover, the edge of the explored galaxy can be a a lot more dangerous place than they believe that it is. They're about to determine why they want the navy...and how very, very fortunate they can be that Travis Long is within it.
