Prisoner of Conscience — Susan R. Matthews

Andrej Koscuisko is an Inquisitor for the Bench federation of worlds. It is his duty to root out--quickly, efficiently, quietly--anyone who would threaten the ruling order.
Andre] has been posted to the penal facility at Port Rudistal.

Here hundreds of prisoners--traitors who dared dream of freedom and self-rule--await interrogation. They know an Inquisitor's judgment is firm and unassailable. Yet there is a line that even he may not cross.

Although an Inquisitor is not supposed to feel outrage, weakness or pity, Andrej is, above all, a man of honor. And now he must risk his career--and perhaps his life--exposing the truth that lies behind the black walls of Domitt Prison.