TO TREAD OBSIDIAN SHORES — Snippet 10

Coming January 2026 from Baen Books

(Welcome back to the party, Tavi!)

The rattle of reentry broke into her bloodthirsty daydreams and her hands tightened on the seat once more. They’d barely broken orbit over Mars Primus, so why were they dropping back in? More importantly, if they were landing because they needed repairs, would her mother somehow ferret it out and attempt to drag her off the transport?

“What the hell?” she muttered.

Not quietly enough, apparently, because the c...