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KEVIN KILLIANY
has been for twenty-five years the husband of Valerie Killiany and—for various, shorter periods of time—the father of Alethea, Anson, and Daya. In addition to being a writer, Kevin is a minister and mental health care professional in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Honor
is his second eBook in the
S.C.E.
series; his first,
Orphans,
appeared in 2004. Three of Kevin's short stories have also appeared in
Strange New Worlds
(Volumes IV, V, & VII). In addition to
Star Trek,
Kevin also writes in the
Classic BattleTech
and
MechWarrior: Dark Age
game universes. His short fiction can be found on the BattleCorps website and his first
MW:DA
novel
Wolf Hunters
will be released in June of 2006.

When a Federation world suffers a planetwide blackout, it's the S.C.E. to the rescue. While Commander Gomez and her crack team of engineers work to help keep the planet from falling into chaos, the ship's linguist, Bart Faulwell, is given a special assignment: the blackout was caused by an Asarion linguist named Jewlan, who triggered what appears to be a weapon in an archaeological dig.

The Asarion people have a unique biology that causes random shifts from male to female. Faulwell's friendship with Jewlan, and her crush on him, is a minor diversion at first, especially given the struggles Faulwell is having with his own relationship. But when Jewlan becomes Joln, Faulwell finds himself with more than one difficult decision—especially when the power outage worsens and threatens to destroy not only Asario, but the
da Vinci
as well!

COMING IN DECEMBER 2005

FROM POCKET BOOKS!