Ninth LifeThe Ballad of Halo Jones meets Becky Chambers' Wayfarers by way of 3: 10 to Yuma; a clash of law and lawlessness, storytelling and truth in a headlong romp across the stars. After fifty years of wreaking havoc across the galaxy, the outlaw Nine Lives, aka Former General Gabi Ortiz, has finally met her match. Outgunned at the system's edge, she surrenders to the implacable Inter Planetary Marshal Dao Prynne, on one condition: she will go quietly if,