num_pages: 74
description: On Alkya a planet a long way from Earth the Division of InvestigationOther Worldshas set up a base where hundreds of personnel live and work. Among them are two men Major Rafe Wheaton and Lieutenant Adam Deacon a linguist who are part of one of the survey teams.Rafe and Adam have been experiencing problems working together and shortly before the current mission Adam offers to transfer to another team. Rafe however convinces Adam that he doesnt want to lose him and Adam agrees to give things another chance. Now they are left alone on the planet theyre surveying after the rest of their team takes the ship and returns to base with an important geological sample.During a particularly nasty downpour Rafe is heading toward the temple where Adam is working when a landslide occurs. Rafe finds Adam half-buried inside one of the temple rooms unconscious. Awaiting the return of their ship and the rest of the team Rafe looks after Adam uncertain if therell be another landslide.When Adam eventually awakens time alone with Rafe results in the men sharing some home truths. But is it too late to fix things between them?
language: English
title: Best Policy
publisher: Amber Quill Press