Sporting Chance

SUMMARY: In their last adventure, Hunting Party, Captain Heris Serrano and her employer, Lady Cecelia, had just triumphed over a heinous cabal that used human beings as prey. Now it turns out that one of the hunters was Prince Gerel, first in line to the throne. The prince, proclaiming his innocence, is spirited home by Captain Serrano and Lady Cecelia, but soon a foul plot is afoot. Volume One of the three-volume The Serrano Legacy Omnibus series, comprising 7 books: Bk 1) Hunting Party: Forced by a treacherous superior officer to resign from the Regular Space Service, Heris Serrano finds employment as "Captain" of an interstellar yacht, working for eccentric Lady Cecelia de Marktos. When she stumbles across a sinister hunting club however, she ends up fighting for her life. Bk 2) Sporting Chance: Heris Serrano's skills are called upon once again. Lady Cecelia has volunteered herself and her yacht to return Prince Gerel home from the "hunting club" Heris found him in. When the Prince begins acting strangely, Cecelia suspects foul play - who is poisoning the heir to the throne? Bk 3) Winning Colors: Booted from the Fleet on trumped up charges after saving a villainous superior from catastrophe, Heris Serrano has been marking time captaining the deluxe interstellar yacht Sweet Delight. Now, Heris has been offered a chance at vindication and reinstatement in the Navy. All she has to do is save the galaxy from an interstellar mafia gone berserk. The Familias Regnant is the name of the government of an area of the galaxy in the distant future-in the Serrano series. Set in a universe where longevity treatments are beginning to have an impact on society, this seven-book series combines political intrigue both internal and interstellar, space battles, military infighting, horses, hot-air balloons, and a fairly serious consideration of the effects of long life and immortality on any society which finds a way to have them. Hunting Party: Forced By A Treacherous Superior Officer To Resign From The Regular Space Service, Heris Serrano Finds Employment As Captain Of An Interstellar Yacht, Working For Eccentric Lady Cecelia De Marktos. When She Stumbles Across A Sinister Hunting Club However, She Ends Up Fighting For Her Life. Sporting Chance: Heris Serrano's Skills Are Called Upon Once Again. Lady Cecelia Has Volunteered Herself And Her Yacht To Return Prince Gerel Home From The Hunting Club Heris Found Him In. When The Prince Begins Acting Strangely, Cecelia Suspects Foul Play - Who Is Poisoning The Heir To The Throne? Winning Colors: Heris Serrano Thought Her Life Was Over When A Treacherous Superior Officer Forced Her To Resign From The Regular Space Service. Now She Has Been Offered A Chance For Vindication And Reinstatement - But It Means Standing Alone Against The Benignity, An Interstellar Criminal Cartel. Hunting Party -- Sporting Chance -- Winning Colors. Elizabeth Moon. A Baen Books Original Omnibus--t.p. Verso. Fleet officer Heris Serrano came from a family of Fleet officers, so when a lying superior forced her to resign, life lost all meaning. To pay the bills, she became Captain of a rich old lady's interstellar luxury yacht, adding insult to injury. But Cecelia, the rich old lady, had more brains than most admirals Heris had known, and before it was all over, Heris would have a chance to rejoin her beloved space navy -- if she could manage to stop an invading armada. An omnibus edition of "Hunting Party," Sporting Colors," and "Winning Colors."