Fractured Stars

McCall Richter finds criminals, con men, and deadbeats better than anyone else in the empire.

She's proud of her success and that she owns her own spaceship, especially since she struggles to understand human motivations, can't tell when people are lying to her, and is horrible at recognizing faces. Being autistic in the empire is frowned upon--and there's a handy normalization surgery to correct it--but she's managed to prove her worth and avoid irking the tyrannical regime.

Except for one t...