Rule of Evidence
About this ebook
With international relations tense, Lieutenant Junior Grade Paul Sinclair knows why his ship is ordered into joint maneuvers: to show off the might of the United States Navy's Space Force. But executing precise movements of enormous battle cruisers, in close quarters, at unthinkable speeds, is nerve-wracking work even when all goes according to plan. Then a sudden massive failure leaves innocent people dead.
When Paul's beloved, Lt. Jen Shen, is accused of intentionally causing the incident, Paul is soon back in the court martial courtroom with more on the line than he'd ever imagined. Jen can't prove a negative. The JAG lawyer Paul most respects is prosecuting the case. And when everyone, even Jen, doubts there's a way out, Paul will have to somehow find and expose the truth on his own...
About the author
Jack Campbell is the pseudonym for John G. Hemry, a retired Naval officer who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis before serving with the surface fleet and in a variety of other assignments. He is the author of The Lost Fleet military science fiction series, as well as the Beyond the Frontier continuation of The Lost Fleet, spin-off series The Lost Stars, the Stark's War series, and the Paul Sinclair/"JAG in space" series. His short fiction appears frequently in Analog magazine, and many have been collected in the three Jack Campbell ebook anthologies, Ad Astra, Borrowed Time, and Swords and Saddles. The Pillars of Reality is his first epic fantasy series. He lives with his indomitable wife and three children in Maryland.
