Prodigy — Jan Clark

GALACTIC EMPIRE ON THE BRINK OF WAR

Uniting seven races on ten planets, the mighty Commonwealth has only one enemy: the Procyons, a warlike race who thrive on aggression. A fragile truce between the two powers has ensured galactic peace--until Rieka Degahv, human captain of a Commonwealth starship, destroys a Procyon vessel in deep space.

Now, charged with high treason, Rieka and her few remaining allies embark upon "a desperate search that will take them into some of the highest political and military quarters--and into a high-stakes duel of intergalactic intrigue that threatens to destroy far more than Rieka....