ORBITAL - TOME 2 RUPTURES

Caleb and Mezoke are on Earth for celebrations marking the end of the Human-Sandjarr wars, running security for the ceremonies. When an incident occurs between Malaysian fishermen and a nomadic alien species called the Rapakhun, they are brought in to investigate and to lead negotiations. But tensions are high, and something is killing the fish in the mangrove swamp. The two agents will have to contend with the Humans' lingering mistrust towards aliens in their efforts to solve the mystery.

La mort des pêcheurs dans la mangrove n'a pas découragé les autorités : les cérémonies auront lieu comme prévu à Kuala Lumpur, en dépit des réticences de Mézoké et du désaccord grandissant avec Caleb. Mais l'optimisme officiel est bien vite douché par de nouvelles destructions, plus proches de la ville. Et quand Nina et Angus reviennent avec l'identité du tueur, un vieil ennemi de la Confédération, les agents seront forcés d'agir en catastrophe, et de payer un prix très lourd.

In the 23rd century, the humans and the Sandjarrs are allowed to join an intergalactic multi-species organisation set up 8,000 years before. The humans are seen as a belligerent, underdeveloped race by the other members of the organisation and had been kept out of it until now. The Sandjarrs had stayed out of interplanetary politics until a war between themselves and the humans broke out. Now Caleb, a human, and Mezoke, a Sandjarr, are paired up and trained as special agents to keep the intergalactic peace. This is a controversial and historic alliance, and a lot of people are watching them. Their first mission is to keep war from breaking out between a Human colony and the alien Jâvlods over possession of the planet Senestam.