Cornered

Maverick Martinique’s life has become far more complicated now that she has joined the cause to assassinate Senator Michael Greenstreet. She’s immediately tasked with keeping the details of her complicated cover story straight, navigating the murky waters of a dangerous social circle, and looking for a mysterious room within the senator’s mansion that will open up communication with Mars. Apparently, the killing part comes later. All her hard work depends on Greenstreet buying the ruse, but he doesn’t seem interested. His hostility toward Mav isn’t veiled at all, and he makes something perfectly clear in their first encounter—one misstep and Mav is as good as dead. Cornered is the second episode in the collection of novellas that make up the Sister Planets series.