Present Paths

Jame, Emoran princess, and Tigh, former Supreme Commander during the Grappian Wars, settle into their new life as peace arbiter and peace warrior. They travel from town to town arbitrating cases and discover that being an arbiter includes navigating attempts of under-the-table dealings for favorable legal results.

Jame gets her first at-large case in the swamp city of Maymi to help a local bookseller open her shop against the opposition of the major booksellers in the Southern Territories. ...