A Family Squabble — Jeffrey Allen Davis

With the death of Yoshika Funakoshi, Jamie Raleigh now lives his greatest fear . . . standing before the elders of the Funakoshi clan to petition for leadership. But telling his clan the truth about her death -- that she was killed by a mutated wizard on an alien world -- prompts a challenge against his leadership by an old rival. What is the leader of Adventure willing to do to keep the leadership of the Funakoshi within its founding family?

This short story takes place after Gateway to Thera.