Polaris Rising

In the first of an intriguing science fiction trilogy, this inventive and seductive space opera tale finds a space princess on the run and a renown renegade soldier become unlikely partners.

Although the Royal Consortium is formally in charge of the universe in the far future, the real authority is held by the High Councillors, who are the leaders of the three High Houses. Ada von Hasenberg is the fifth child out of six, and her only worth to her High House is as a pawn in a political marriage. Ada takes charge of her own fate when her father plans for her to marry a noble from House Rockhurst—a guy she neither loves nor wants. Before the engagement ceremony, the feisty princess runs away and vanishes into the night sky.

Ada spent two years evading her father's men, but now her good fortune has run out. Marcus Loch is locked into a prison cell with the fiery princess to make sure she can never escape again. Loch, also referred to as the Devil of Fornax Zero, is wanted by the Consortium because it is said that he destroyed his whole chain of command during the Fornax Rebellion.

Ada understands that if her betrayed fiancé manages to capture her, she will end up a political prisoner and a liability to her House when the battle cruiser from House Rockhurst, the rival house, attacks the ship carrying them back to Earth. Her only chance is to bargain with the dangerous runaway, offering him a wealth in exchange for helping her get away.

However, you can lose more than you anticipated when you strike a deal with an alluring Devil.