No Other Love

Raised in a culture where all emotion is ruthlessly repressed, Merin finds she’s changing as she lives with the settlers led by Tarik and his wife, Narisa. Herne, from a brutal planet where murder is expected of everyone, fled his home to become a doctor, but he’s a gruff, unfriendly man.

While excavating the ruins of the old city of Tathan, Herne is called to spend a night with the mysterious Ananka, who looks oddly like Merin. When he reports the incident to his commander the next morning,...