Agent of Change
Val Con has been made into a spy. He meets Miri while on a mission. She is a former mercenary and bodyguard running from the Juntavas. He assists her and together they escape the Juntavas on a Clutch ship. After being captured again by the Juntavas they are left aboard a derelict ship. Val Con gets it working for one jump but the jump is to a pre-spaceflight world. They are marooned.