For One's Own Cause
J. W. Rolfe
- Living
- on
- a
- deep
- space
- colony,
- C.
- Alan
- Scott
- yearns
- for
- fame
- and
- fortune.
- For
- his
- entire
- life,
- he
- has
- lived
- in
- his
- father's
- shadow
- and
- desperately
- wants
- to
- establish
- his
- own
- name.
- Hoping
- that
- an
- interstellar
- expedition
- will
- bring
- him
- just
- that,
- he
- plans
- to
- explore
- uncharted
- regions
- of
- the
- galaxy.
- However,
- he
- has
- to
- take
- corporate
- bribes
- and
- conduct
- illegal
- acts
- to
- make
- it
- happen.
- When
- caught,
- Scott
- is
- forced
- to
- depart
- early
- in
- order
- to
- evade
- capture.
Once
- safely
- away
- from
- the
- colony,
- Scott's
- challenges
- are
- just
- beginning.
- An
- idealistic
- science
- officer
- and
- blood-thirsty
- mercenary
- commander
- threaten
- to
- unravel
- his
- expedition,
- which
- discovers
- the
- first
- alien
- civilization
- and
- with
- it,
- the
- most
- valuable
- resource
- ever
- encountered.
- Consumed
- by
- greed
- and
- regardless
- of
- the
- risks,
- Scott
- stops
- at
- nothing
- to
- acquire
- it.
Surviving
- capture,
- failed
- negotiations,
- and
- a
- massacre
- at
- the
- aliens'
- capital
- do
- nothing
- to
- deter
- Scott's
- ambition.
- Even
- a
- pursuit
- expedition
- intended
- for
- his
- arrest
- does
- not
- phase
- him.
- Unwilling
- to
- give
- up,
- he
- continues
- to
- pursue
- his
- goal
- of
- fame
- and
- fortune
- but
- at
- what
- cost?
- Scott
- must
- decide
- what
- means
- he
- is
- willing
- to
- take
- to
- achieve
- the
- ends
- he desires.
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