A Matter of Honor: A Terran Empire novel

A telepathic initiate named Corina Losinj awakens bound after an apparent assassination attempt and becomes entangled in accusations that the White Order, led by High Adept Thark, is plotting rebellion against the Terran Empire. As military and Sanctioner forces move between worlds, investigators including Major Patrick Dawson and Ranger James Medart probe loyalties, Talents, and a culture-bound soul-blade ritual that marks Corina's identity. The narrative intermixes pursuit and investigation, shipboard deployments, political intrigue, and personal moral choices, exploring tensions between planetary allegiance and imperial duty, the uses and limits of psychic gifts, and the costs of honor within a fracturing interstellar polity.