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'Rimrunners' is the story of Elizabeth Yeager, a Marine with the infamous Mazianni pirate ship 'Africa.' Left behind when the Earth Company Fleet retreated from its occupation of Pell Station, Bet drifted to Thule, a dying space station in the Hinder Stars region of space near Earth. Starving and desperate she signed on the 'Loki' - an Alliance vessel tasked with hunting down her former shipmates. Aboard ship she falls in love with a younger engineer named Ramey, the ship's pariah and the brutal first officer's target of abuse. Bet is forced to make difficult decisions in order to navigate 'Loki''s complicated politics and keep herself out of the firing line.

CJ Cherryh penned an excellent 'below decks' story about those who serve in high pressure situations with no control over their lives. Bet Yeager is an interesting post-feminist character - older, world weary, abashedly unashamed about her sexuality, yet completely willing to kill a man with her bare hands.