Science Fiction/Romance. 85831 words long. First published in 2010, 2010

The greatest of the best, the least of the worst. Both stand alone in a future divided.4,000 years from the present day, the human race survives divided into a ruling genetic elite and a genetic underclass with neither the intelligence nor the will to revolt. Jed of the Shamrock is a 'star Archer', descendant of one of the highest Blood lineages in existence, and she carries with this a heavy responsibility and an adherence to a strict code of solitude and discipline. Gerald Wolff is a petty criminal and a halfBlood, a bastard resulting from the rape of a woman of the lowest caste by a Blood aristocrat, shunned by both low-caste people and those of the Blood. Thrown together by a hijack, a relationship develops between them and Jed is torn between the Code and her feelings for Wolff. Chased by a man they are sure they killed, Jed takes the Shamrock where she knows no man dares follow, where must face her deepest fears and make a terrible choice.