The Rim Rebels

For the space opera lover! 75 years ago an academic predicted the fall of the Empire and was banished to the very rim of known space. Now, the decline is beginning to become noticeable, and the planets of the rim are planning for the Fall and preparing to rule the known universe afterward. The crew of the Free Trader Bonny Lass has come to the rim with a load of medical electronics. The Lass is damaged on arrival. This is lucky for the crew, though they don't know it, for they have been lured to the rim so a rebel group can kill them and steal the Lass. Under the guidance of a top-level secret agent, they must survive to complete their repairs, run a gauntlet of pirates to carry a multi-million-credit voucher halfway across man-settled space, and pretend to work for the rebels, smuggling military information and risking their lives and their ship to help the agent prevent a violent civil war. Along the way, the Captain finds love, and crewman finds hidden depths in himself. Adventure on the rim of known space!