Janine a. Southard

A space station caper Here's the sequel to the award-winning Queen & Commander. Is it really stealing when you take back what's yours? Exhausted and broke, Rhiannon's Hive limps into John Wayne Station on the Ceridwen's Cauldron. Safe at last, this stop-over is looking bright until the authorities steal their ship's engine. The only solution: steal it back Between stage-handing a play (at the local brothel) and avoiding their law-enforcement roommate (a sentient robot), they grow into a real team. A real Dyfed-style Hive. The law enforcement robot, meanwhile, is busy detecting a series of thefts and murders. She's determined to use all her skills-programmed both before and after she clawed her way to sentience-to protect anyone else from getting hurt. Agents from a rival law enforcement group, however, bump into her investigation and create problems that she could really do without. She has a job to do, even if they're determined to get in her way. Hive & Heist has action, druidry, and a sentient robot. Oh, and some sheep.

UK EDITION. On a world where high school test scores determine your future, six students rebel. They'll outrun society as fast as their questionably-obtained spaceship will take them. Rhiannon doesn't technically cheat the Test. She's cleverer than the computers that administer it, and she uses that to her advantage. She emerges from Test Day with the most prestigious future career possible: Hive Queen. Gwyn & Victor are madly in love, but their Test results will tear them apart. Good thing Rhiannon is Gwyn's best friend. Rhiannon can fix this. Queens can do anything. Gavin is the wild card. Raised off-planet, he can't wait to leave again... and he's heard of an empty ship in orbit. The Ceridwen's Cauldron. Both Luciano and Alan fit in the system. They don't need to leave. Only their devotion to Rhiannon spurs them to join the Cauldron's crew. Spaceships. Blackmail. Anywhere but here.