Alien Hydra (Niseyen Galaxy, #8) / Niseyen Galaxy (ePub)

The Oriwikk have been fighting an undeclared financial war against the Ailiss for at least eleven years. The Ailiss have no Allies. The six people in the unarmed ship are considering fighting through publicity and shaming, finance, cyber warfare or anything else they can think up. A military war is not possible. It's not very advisable either. The ship has been delayed for years due to Torroxell, their planet of origin, having been involved in it's own takeover bid by the Keulfyd, another super Race. The Keulfyd lost. But the people of Torroxell won by involving multiple Races and multiple methods of fighting back. The ship contains Friona, a banking expert, Max, a cyber security geek, Siki who is a medical doctor, Jesan who has multiple talents, Siwijal who is a fish and knows the Ailiss and Katy who is there because of who she is; the daughter of Sarah, the ex President, now Vice President of Torroxell. The Ailiss are deeply in debt and don't know how that happened. Their income came by leasing out the land of the planet and taxes from mining. The payment was in technology. But land is forever and technology breaks down. It wasn't a fair deal. That was before the financial corruption and takeover started. The Oriwikk undercut, bought out or bankrupted all the other Races until they were the major and almost only owners of everything. But multiple other skullduggery was going on hidden by the Oriwikk. The Ailiss are soon going to get a very nasty shock as are the occupants of the little ship. But they in turn have one very nasty surprise for the Oriwikk. The Priskya have planned their help.