Published: Sep. 11, 2011
Words: 16,771 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466011359

Short description

Cadet Jhyoti sen Chandar is the lowest of the low, a bhoto, studying at the Alliance Academy on sufferance. When she stumbles across a high caste murderer, she will have to decide between justice for the poor dead woman, or survival. INCLUDES BONUS SHORT STORY: Jhyoti: Planetside

Extended description

Cadet Jhyoti sen Chandar is the lowest of the low, a bhoto, studying at the Alliance Academy on sufferance. When she stumbles across a high caste murderer, she will have to decide between justice for the poor dead woman, or survival.

INCLUDES BONUS SHORT STORY: Jhyoti: Planetside

Marcelle Dubé grew up near Montreal. After trying out a number of different provinces—not to mention Belgium—she settled in the Yukon, where the carnivores almost outnumber the people. Her short fiction has appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies. Learn more about her and her other published work at www.marcellemdube.com.

Tags

murder, military, space opera, science fiction, academy, cadet, caste system, marcelle dube, halfcaste

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Review by: Twisted Root Publishing on Sep. 24, 2011 :
In Jhyoti, Marcelle Dube uses a science fiction setting for another of her thought-provoking mysteries. Jhyoti is an anomaly: the first of her low caste to be accepted into training that might actually allow her to leave her planet for the stars. While conducting research that should finally confirm that she can go off-world, she discovers a body where it shouldn't be. Worse for Jhyoti, she shouldn't be there, either. The discovery of her presence leads Jhyoti into a murder investigation that pits a low-caste cadet against the highest echalons of her planet's elite. The result is a tense tale in a unique setting, with an interesting protagonist that you can't help but root for. I recommend Jhyoti and look forward to more stories with this protagonist.
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