When the Lion Feeds

Dr. John Lambshead is coauthor, with nationally best-selling author David Drake, of the science fiction Citizen series, including Into the Hinterlands and Into the Maelstrom, in which universe this story takes place.

Lady Trouble, that was how Hawthorn always remembered her.

The Kit Kat Klub was the sort of place considered sophisticated by the sort of people who considered themselves sophisticated. Anything unchromed was plastered in plushly padded leather in a particularly repellent shade of purple.