Code of Conduct (Jani Kilian) - Softcover

Smith, Kristine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611385652 ISBN 13: 9781611385656

Publisher: Book View Cafe, 2015

Synopsis

Captain Jani Kilian’s life should have ended in front of a firing squad. Instead, she evaded battlefield justice by dying in a transport crash. End of story, according to official Commonwealth Service records. But doctors repaired her in secret, using the most advanced Service Medical technologies available, or so they assured her. In the last days of the idomeni civil war, she escaped their homeworld of Shèrá, and spent the next 18 years on the run. But someone like Jani leaves a trail no matter how hard they try to hide it, and she soon learns the Service hunt for her never ended. When Interior Minister Evan van Reuter, her former lover, tracks her down and begs her help in finding his wife’s killer, she has no choice but to agree. The search takes her to the Commonwealth capital of Chicago, a hotbed of political intrigue as dangerous as any warzone. As the danger mounts, so do Jani’s struggles. Her rebuilt body is breaking down, and memories long suppressed are flooding back. Of one horrible night 18 years ago, and the gut-wrenching decision that changed her life forever.

About this title

From the Author

This reissue of CODE OF CONDUCT is essentially the same as the version first published in--yikes--1999. I did fix some typos and change a few words, but other than that, it's the same book.

CODE will always be special. Not only was it the first book I sold, it was the first book I finished. Off and on, for 6 years, I wrote, rewrote, revised, quit, and began again. Sold it, and in response to editor's comments, rewrote it again. 
I have always found that, in my case, writing is really rewriting. No matter how sure I am at the start that the first words I type are solid, I soon come to realize that this is not the case. It can be depressing at times. All that wasted effort. But it's my process, and if there's one thing I've learned over the last 20 years, it's that I can't fight my process.

About the Author

Kristine Smith is the author of the Jani Kilian series and a number of short stories, and is a winner of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She worked as a pharmaceutical process development scientist for 26 years, but now writes full-time. Find out more at her website: www.kristine-smith.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Book View Cafe
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1611385652
• ISBN 13: 9781611385656
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344