Tom Shepherd

Alienable Rights Tom Shepherd

Arrested on a distant world. Charged with crimes you did not commit.
Or especially if you did...

Who you gonna call?

Alienable Rights, Tom Shepherd's new, stand-alone Star Lawyers novella, packs a fast-moving story with romance, intrigue, galactic politics and courtroom clashes. (Think: Trek meets Law & Order.)

Tyler Matthews and his Star Lawyers defend a Terran Academy Cadet charged with sexual abuse of a fourteen-year-old minor. Except the "minor" is a fully developed member of a humanoid species that matures twice as fast as H-sapiens--physically, emotionally and intellectually.

A promising young officer faces twenty years hard labor on faraway, airless moons. And because the young woman has fallen in love with the Cadet, she runs the risk of execution by her tribal society.

If you're already a Star Lawyers fan, you'll love the action and suspense in this futuristic courtroom drama.

If this is your first voyage into the 32nd century world of Tyler and his crew, Alienable Rights welcomes you aboard STAR LAWYERS, a great sci-fi series.