Necessity's Child

The kompani sees none as an enemy, and yet few as friend. The kompani existsin many places, living quietly in the shadows, thriving off the bounty thatothers have no wit to secure, nor skill to defend. Their private history isunwritten; their recall rooted in dance and dream. The humans of Clan Korval isin many ways the opposite of the kompani. The interstellar trading clan iswealthy in enemies, fortunate in friends. Korval protects itself with vigor, andteaches even its youngest children the art of war. And when representatives ofClan Korval arrive on the planet Surebleak where the kompani has lived secretand aloof, it seems to the kompani that they are borne by the very winds ofchange. In this time of change, the lives of three people intersect —Kezzi, apprentice to the kompani's grandmother; Syl Vor, Clan Korval's youngestwarrior; and Rys, a man without a world, or a past.Necessity's Child is a standalone adventure in the popular andexciting Liaden Universe.