The Bureau of Special Investigations is hereby assigned prime jurisdiction for all criminal cases with human involvement outside Earth's home system, and/or all criminal cases with non-human sentient being involvement. So read the charter of the Bureau of Special Investigations. No doubt the people who had written it, ninety-odd years ago, had known then that the assignment was impossible.

BSI: Starside: Death Sentence
Roger MacBride Allen is the author of several SF novels, including a number in the Star Wars universe, as well as his own Chronicles of Solace space opera trilogy. He currently resides in Maryland with his wife and two sons.


From the Paperback edition.

BSI: Starside: Final Inquiries
Roger MacBride Allen is the author of several SF novels, including a number in the Star Wars universe, as well as his own Chronicles of Solace space opera trilogy. He currently resides in Maryland with his wife and two sons.


From the Paperback edition.

Bureau of Special Investigations: Case One: The Cause of Death
Bureau of Special Investigations: Case One: The Cause of Death