Even on Mars, Opposites Attract
Wyatt Hartford, Earl of Windborne, spends his days running a smuggling operation under the noses of his political enemies. Twenty years prior, Wyatt and three other young, orphaned aristocrats fled war- and weather-ravaged Earth for the Martian city-state of Utopia. Now the four friendsnicknamed the Lords of Dystopiause their money and influence to champion citizens' rights and progressive reforms. To the downtrodden, they are leaders. To the noble scions of Queen Victoria's empire, they are a threat.
Mercenary Nova Pratt likes her assignmentsand her lifeefficient, tidy, and uncomplicated. Her latest contract ought to be perfect: Find and arrest the smuggler known as the Viper. Lock up the bad guy and save the day. Her target is no hardened criminal, though. He's a rainbows-and-sunshine chaos gremlin with a mischievous smile and hips that won't stop swaying to chipper Earth-pop....