Freehold - Michael Z Williamson

The Innocent Run When Everyone Pursueth! Sergeant Kendra Pacelli is innocent, but that doesnt matter to the repressive government pursuing her. Mistakes might be made, but they are never acknowledged, especially when billions of embezzled dollars earned from illegal weapons sales are at stake. But where does one run when all Earth and most settled planets are under the aegis of one government? Answer: The Freehold of Grainne, the only developed system that belongs to neither the UNES nor the Colonial Alliance. There, one may seek asylum and build a new life in a society that doesnt track its residents every move, which is just what Pacelli has done. But now things are about to go royally to hell. Because Earths government has found out where she is . . . A Fast-Paced Novel of an Indomitable Individual Against a Monolithic Tyranny