The Alembic Plot: A Terran Empire novel

After a violent attack on a convalescent hospital, a Special Operations captain and his team recover a badly injured survivor whose wounds and trauma become the focus of medical care, debriefings, and investigations by military and inquisitorial authorities. The narrative follows her physical and emotional recovery, the procedural inquiries that reveal larger political and security tensions, and the involvement of higher imperial agencies. Subsequent episodes expand into wider operations, spaceborne travel and contact with imperial authorities, and a personal transformation that reshapes loyalties and responsibilities.