title: Confederation
author: Hicks, Michael R.
description: In the second book of the
  In Her Name: Redemption
   trilogy, Reza Gard has been banished from the Kreelan Empire and is once again a stranger in a strange land as he returns to the human Confederation. Befriended by a marooned Confederation naval officer leading a desperate fight against the Kreelans on a distant colony world, she reunites Reza with Nicole Carré. With their help, he fulfills his childhood dream of becoming a Confederation Marine.
  Reza will need all the help he can get, for dark forces are at work at the heart of the Confederation, and Reza becomes a pawn in a lethal power struggle that leads him back to the planet Erlang. There, a heartbreaking reunion awaits him, along with the discovery of an ages-old power that the Kreelan Empire will stop at nothing to control.
  If you're new to the
  In Her Name
   series, here is the author's recommended reading order:
  1. The Last War Trilogy
  First Contact
  Legend Of The Sword
  Dead Soul
  2. The Redemption Trilogy
  Empire
  Confederation
  Final Battle
  3. The First Empress Trilogy
  From Chaos Born
  Forged In Flame
  Mistress Of The Ages
  Note that
  The Last War
   and
  Redemption
   have also been published as trilogy collections.