The book is Peacekeeper by Laura E Reeve; published by ROC books in December 2008. The price is 6.99 US and 7.50 Canadian.
Peace keeper follows the story of Ariane Kendros, a pilot of a prospecting ship and a reserve major in the Armed Forces of the Consortium of Autonomous Worlds. She does her normal job on the prospecting ship, but every so often she is recruited by her boss to do a secret military mission.
Fifteen years ago, Kendros’s ship had been sent on a mission to an enemy system. On that mission they deployed a temporal displacement weapon that destroyed the system’s sun. The enemy declared her a war criminal so her own government gave her a new identity.
The war is over. Temporal Displacement weapons are being phased out due to a treaty. The treaty allows for inspection teams from her former enemies to inspect for Temporal Displacement weapons as part of the phase out of the weapons. Kendros is stationed at her old command to remove classified material from the inspectable areas of the station. One of the inspectors is the person who swore to kill the crew of the ship that launched the Temporal Distortion weapons. Only Kendros and two other remain alive. The rest have been found and murdered. Her real mission is to find the person responcible for the murders and to protect the commander of the station who is also on the hit list.
The story has Minoan aliens, engaging subplots and an unexpected ending. There are many heroes and villains, each of which has their own goals and aims which make it hard to guess how the story ends. I could not put the book down and read it in one day.
The author, Laura E Reeve used her experience in the Air Force with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty as inspiration for the book. Peacekeeper is just the first book with the Ariane Kendros character. To insure there is more to come, I recommend you pick a copy of Peacekeeper today.
