The Cost of Business: A Dragonfire Station Short Story: Mercenary Warfare

By Zen DiPietro

Not all good guys finish last.

Cabot Layne has become the owner of someone else's problem. In order to get free of it, he'll need to use every bit of his trader cunning. If he does it just right, he might stay out of prison. With a little luck, he'll even manage to turn a profit.

He's given up his old ways--mostly--thanks to his cushy life on a PAC space station. But behind his mild-mannered shopkeeper's facade, he's hiding a whole lot more.

Sometimes you have to break the rules to do the right thing.

The Cost of Business is a quiet story of cleverness and empathy. For some heroes, wits are much stronger than firepower.

Books in the Dragonfire Station universe in written order: 

(each series is self-contained and need not be read in order)

Dragonfire Station Book 1: Translucid 

Dragonfire Station Book 2: Fragments 

Dragonfire Station Book 3: Coalescence 

(series complete) 

Intersections: Dragonfire Station Short Stories 

Mercenary Warfare Book 1: Selling Out 

Mercenary Warfare Book 2: Blood Money 

Mercenary Warfare Book 3: Hell to Pay 

Mercenary Warfare Book 4: Calculated Risk 

Mercenary Warfare Book 5: Going for Broke 

(series complete) 

Chains of Command Book 1: New Blood 

Chains of Command Book 2: Blood and Bone 

Chains of Command Book 3: Cut to the Bone 

Chains of Command Book 4: Out for Blood

(series complete) 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Parallel Worlds Press
• Release date: Dec 28, 2016
• ISBN: 9781386260349

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The Cost of Business

The Cost of Business

A Dragonfire Station Short Story

Zen DiPietro

THE COST OF BUSINESS (A DRAGONFIRE STATION SHORT STORY)

COPYRIGHT © 2016 BY ZEN DIPIETRO

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, business establishments, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without express written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations for the purpose of review.

Please purchase only authorized electronic editions. Distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law.

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Cover art by Zen DiPietro

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Published in the United States of America by Parallel Worlds Press

Contents

Dragonfire Station Universe

About This Story

The Cost of Business

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Dragonfire Station Universe

About the Author

Dragonfire Station Universe

Original Series (complete)

Dragonfire Station Book 1: Translucid

Dragonfire Station Book 2: Fragments

Dragonfire Station Book 3: Coalescence

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Intersections (Dragonfire Station Short Stories)

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Mercenary Warfare series (complete)

Selling Out

Blood Money

Hell to Pay

Calculated Risk

Going for Broke

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Chains of Command series (complete)

New Blood

Blood and Bone

Cut to the Bone

Out for Blood

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About This Story

Thank you for reading The Cost of Business. This work is a short story that occurs within the Dragonfire Station series. There’s a list of the series in written order following the conclusion of this story.

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