Included in this volume is "Veil of the Dancer," in which a scholar with three daughters properly marries off the two eldest, while teaching the youngest, Inas, how to read and thereby endangering them all.Also included is "Quiet Knives," which finds Captain Rolanni with time on her hands time to fulfill a promise she made years ago to a man who may no longer be a friend."Put plainly and simply, I like the Liaden books. . .for a whole slew of reasons. In the end, however, the reasons don't matter. What matters is that more people should be reading what Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have written." L. E. Modesitt, Jr., author of Legacies"Sharon Lee and Steve Miller are so good, it's scary." S.L. Viehl, author of the Stardoc series