The Clonmel extraction

The Clonmel extraction is the assignment that opens Geometry of Grace. Captain Kaid Sidorov and the crew of the Rebel Ascendant are sent to retrieve Dr. Tavanda Ruun from an occupied world.

Cover and approach

The crew travels under temporary identities and enters with an asylum caravan. Its transport has also been disguised: the Ascendant appears to be a worn NGO corvette, a ship easier to wave through than investigate.

The crew’s immediate tasks are concrete. They must pass inspection, reach the handoff, identify the scientist, and get her to the ship. Each part depends on the cover surviving long enough for the next movement.

Why the assignment matters

Ruun’s work makes her worth extracting. The mission brings the crew into contact with knowledge whose significance reaches beyond a conventional covert job.

This introduction describes the assignment without its outcome. The fuller account below becomes available after Book 1 is selected in Your reading.

AFTER BOOK 1

The story in context

A fuller account is available when you select “I’ve finished Book 1” in Your reading.