Crossing the line

About “Crossing the line”

Shan Frankland left her old life behind to help a lost colony on a dangerous planet controlled by three powerful alien races. She ventured into forbidden areas and lost her chance to return to her previous life. War is returning to Cavanagh's Star, led by the gethes from Earth. Shan has already broken rules and is now a target. To protect the planet and its people, she may have to make a terrible choice: destroy her own species, which is invading. This 2004 novel by Karen Traviss follows her struggle between duty and survival.