Murder on Cabot's Landing

Elam Vandreren arrives on Cabots Landing expecting to become the planets Resident and caretaker. Instead he finds himself investigating a grisly crime and uncovering even more disturbing secrets. When Elam finds the prior Resident murdered, he thinks the Residents spouse did it. Sigurd van Dorstadt, the investigator from the transport ship Zuiderkruis, thinks Elam did it. They both think no one else is on the planet. It turns out theyre both wrongabout everything. Although Elam and Sigurd dont like each other, they join forces with a team from Zuiderkruis to find the truth. The evidence soon points to unknown criminals hiding out in the ruins of an ancient military baseand theyre not the planets only other inhabitants. When part of their team is taken hostage, Elam and Sigurd barely escape with their lives. To survive and rescue their friends, they must rely on each other and make an alliance with a secretive group called the Left Behind. But the more of Cabots Landings secrets they uncover and the more their feelings for each other grow, the more fraught their decisions become. With duty and honor at odds with their hearts, can Elam and Sigurd strike a balance they can live with?