Urim by Celeste Raye

Redemption is difficult to find among deceptive aliens. The mighty Milisarian Knights might not be victorious this time. Josephine Landers had been a nurse in the experimental labs on Earth. She sought redemption by taking an assignment to be the medical aid for a species called the Pura. She was to care for them while they made a new planet ready to sustain their people. The discovery that they were trespassing on Milisaria’s territory had Josephine acting as peacemaker.

Milisaria’s population was growing too quickly for their planet to sustain them. They needed more land to grow crops. Urim took a contingent of Knights and farmers to one of Milisaria’s empty planets. He was to oversee the planting of crops. A human female put a wrench in his plans, by arguing that another species needed the planet more. Unlike Milisarian Knights, the Pura were not giants trained in battle from birth. They appeared small, and weak.

Their refusal to retreat from a planet belonging to a race of warriors seemed almost laughable. But, the Pura had a secret army which they controlled at the touch of a button. This army felt no pain and couldn’t die. Could the Milisarian Knight’s defeat a futuristic army with just their swords? Would Josephine find herself expendable to the Pura? Could she look to Urim to save her?