Andi Markriss was the trading company's junior rep on the planet and was assigned to attend a wedding with an appropriate gift when suddenly Sector Marine Captain Tom Deverane and his squad drove up with their APC wanting to evacuate her. She refused as it would be insulting to the host, so he had to explain why... All signs indicate a planet-wide rebellion is going to result in some serious ethnic cleansing and only the capital is known to be secure, and since her communications were jammed, she didn't know the developments. However, she still refused to leave, preferring to wait until she dropped off her gift and attend part of the party, and with much teeth-gnashing, Tom reluctantly complied and attended with her... Only to be caught just outside right after the wedding when all hell broke loose, but Andi quickly picked up two surviving royal children and evacuated with the squad over land when their APC was sabotaged. When Tom fell ill, Andi must find a way to save Tom, and everyone else.
This basically is the alien version of Tears of the Sun (the Bruce Willis 2003 movie where SEAL team went into Nigeria to save a doctor and ended up rescuing her refugees as well) albeit with a couple extra elements like supernatural stuff, a monk, and so on thrown in, and of course, a bit of romance and a much happier ending. The characters are pretty nicely portrayed, no insta-lust, just admiration from afar but professional conduct, and only after extensive interaction and saving each other's lives did a relationship and affection develope.
Category: Science fiction
Primary Plot: Space marine captain must save trade rep from a planet in the middle of bloody rebellion
Tropes: protector, woman in peril, hurt/comfort
Overall Rating: 4/5
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