Rachel Bach – författare

Fans of Firefly and Elizabeth Moon will lap up this action-packed military science fiction series. Welcome to the start of a thrilling new space adventure, starring female mercenary Deviana Morris . . .Deviana Morris isn''t your average mercenary. She has plans. Big ones. And a ton of ambition. One of those is going to get her killed one day - but not just yet. Not when she just got a job on a tiny trade ship with a nasty reputation for surprises. The Glorious Fool isn''t misnamed: it likes to get into trouble. And with a reputation for bad luck that makes one year as security detail on this ship equal to five years everywhere else - Devi knows she''s found the perfect way to get the jump on the next part of her Plan. But the Fool doesn''t give up its secrets without a fight, and one year might be more than even Devi can handle.Review for FORTUNE''S PAWN:''This book kicked ass . . . I just loved it!'' - FELICIA DAY''Devi is hands-down one of the best sci-fi heroines I''ve read in years'' - RT BOOK REVIEWS''Rollicking space opera starring a tough, sexy, armor-clad space chick . . . [Bach] does a nice job of painting a scenario that, if familiar - think the space marines of the Alien franchise or the motley crew of Firefly - allows her plenty of room for action. And action aplenty is what she delivers . . . Lots of fun'' - KIRKUS REVIEWS

Devi Morris has lots of problems - and not the fun, easy-to-shoot kind either.After a mysterious attack left her short of several memories and one partner, she''s determined to keep her head down, do her job and get on with her life. But even though Devi''s not looking for it this time, trouble keeps finding her. She sees ghostly creatures no one else can, the inexplicable black stain on her hands keeps getting bigger and she can''t seem to stop getting into compromising situations with a man she''s supposed to hate. But when a deadly crisis exposes far more of the truth than she bargained for, Devi discovers there are worse fates than being shot - and that sometimes the only people you can trust are the ones who want you dead.

From the moment she took a job on Captain Caldswell''s doomed ship, Devi Morris''s life has been one disaster after another: government conspiracies, two alien races out for her blood and an incurable virus that''s eating her alive. Now, with the captain missing and everyone - even her own government - determined to hunt her down, things are going from bad to impossible. The sensible plan would be to hide and wait for things to blow over, but Devi''s never been one to shy from a fight, and she''s getting mighty sick of running. It''s time to put this crisis on her terms and do what she knows is right. But with all human life hanging on her actions, the price of taking a stand might be more than she can pay.