Forged in Shadow

Sergeant Arin Varga has a problem on her hands. She’s supposed to be in charge of a squad of peacekeepers—something she would normally handle with ease, except that now her people are stuck in Earth’s orbit on a doomed superfreighter. To make things worse, they’re being held hostage by a group of very threatening, very menacing silver-skinned Kordolians, who are insistent that all they want is safe passage to Earth to kill oversized insects.
One particular alien, who goes by the name of Rykal, seems be constantly getting inside her personal space. He isn’t just threatening, he’s friendly and threatening, and she’s beginning to find him dangerously compelling.

If Arin isn’t careful, that could become a major problem.