Once a Hero

Esmay Suiza isn't a member of a great Navy family like the Serranos. All Esmay wants is a secure berth where she can be part of something greater than herself. But what she wants and what she may get are two different things. And one day, Esmay finds herself in the middle of a space battle, and the senior surviving officer in a mutiny against a traitorous captain. Suddenly, she has no choice--she must take command.

New York Times best-selling author and former Marine Elizabeth Moon has written many novels, including the Paksenarrion fantasy trilogy (available from Baen as The Deed of Paksenarrion and also as separate books), the Heris Serrano space adventure series (the first three novels of which have been combined as Heris Serrano), and Remnant Population, which was a Hugo Award finalist. For Del Rey, she has written Command Decision, Engaging the Enemy, Marque and Reprisal, Trading in Danger, and the Nebula Award winner The Speed of Dark. After earning a degree in history from Rice University, Moon went on to obtain a degree in biology from the University of Texas, Austin. She lives in Florence, Texas, with her husband and son.