Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family of sons and chooses a military career over the family business. She is excited about being an officer on an interstellar cruiser, but after a mistake, she is expelled from the Academy and returns home to disappointment and media scrutiny. Just when it seems her opportunities are gone, she gets a chance as captain of an old Vatta Transport ship on its last voyage to the scrapyard. Ky aims to turn the simple mission into a profitable venture but ends up in the middle of a colonial war, where she must rely on her military training to survive dangerous situations. Listen to the Graphic Audio trailer for Vatta's War 1: Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon!