A Christmas Tree for the Prince

If you’re a prince on one of the planets of a huge space empire, that still doesn’t mean you don’t have problems. After all, you have a sister. And your sister has a desire. And you’ll have to fulfill it.

What will you need for that? Not much. A standard dose of someone else’s audacity, modest-sized blackmail, a hefty portion of your own bad luck, one old secret, and a criminal conspiracy that could cost both your life and the life of anyone who ends up near you.

And in the end, a lot will change. It doesn’t matter whether you’re ready for it or you don’t want such changes. Fate doesn’t ask. Because it believes it’s giving you a gift.

A true New Year’s gift.