Fugue: The Cure

Elizabeth, a top researcher on the colony world of Voltaire, faces a life-changing dilemma when she becomes involved in aiding a terrorist escape, jeopardizing her promising career and social standing. Caught between her bright future with the Empire and her past as the daughter of an outspoken protestor, her choices thrust her into unexpected danger. "Fugue: The Cure" is an action-packed, short science-fiction story by Steve DeWinter that explores themes of loyalty and risk.