Fall of the Core — Ryk Brown

A freelance reporter struggling to get into the 'big time'...A rookie officer starting her career in public safety...A cargo ship captain trying to outlive a terminal illness that has no cure...A bounty hunter returning a long-hunted fugitive to Earth...A terrible plague that threatens to destroy the human race...The 25th century is not starting off very well.Fall of the Core is a 150,000 word stand-alone novel in the Frontiers Saga Universe.