
NOVELLAS SHORT STORIES & MORE IN THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED UNDER JURISTICTION SERIES from John W Campbell Award finalist Susan R Matthews Together for the first time here are the novellas novelettes & short stories that complete Matthews& epic science fiction series Plus supplemental materials that flesh out Matthews& characters & detailed worldbuilding Collected for the first time here is the complete Under Jurisdiction body of work falling outside of Matthews& celebrated novels long out-of-print short stories fleshing out details of the personal histories of favorite characters including Joslire Curran & Security Chief Stildyne; substantial novellas—two published here for the first time ever—covering critical events in the life of the series such as the devil’s bargain between Andrej Koscuisko & Captain Lowden on the Ragnarok; & many more novelettes stories & vignettes from The Life & Hard Times of “ Uncle” Andrej Koscuisko who is Not a Nice Man About the Author Susan R Matthews was raised in a military family & spent her younger years living around the globe in a myriad of places including Germany both coasts of the US & India Often cut off from television & other media she read voraciously Her first encounters with science fiction came via classics such as I Robot & Stranger in a Strange Land Matthews& debut novel An Exchange of Hostages the first entry in her critically acclaimed Under Jurisdiction series was nominated for the Philip K Dick Award Matthews was also a finalist for the John W Campbell award for best new writer There are now seven novels in the Under Jurisdiction series The first six are collected in two omnibus editions Fleet Inquisitor & Fleet Renegade The newest entry in the series is Blood Enemies published by Baen Books Matthews lives in Seattle with her wife Maggie & two delightful dogs She is a veteran of the US Army where she served as operations & security officer of a combat support hospital She is also an avid HAM radio operator