The Trial of Tompa Lee

Tompa Lee, a street girl who's clawed her way up to the lowest rung of the Space Navy, becomes a pawn of interplanetary politics when she's framed for murder on another planet. Now only her enemies can save her from alien injustice.A WomanTompa Lee is a homeless 'street meat' who has clawed her way up to the bottom-most rung of the Space Navy . . . but her dream job plummets into a nightmare when she's framed for mass murder on an alien planet.A ManDante Roussel is the Navy policemen who surrenders Tompa to the Shons . . . but he is horrified to learn that their justice requires trial-by-combat, so Tompa must conquer three hundred accusers.AN ALIENAwmit is an old, lower-class Shon who is the sole witness to Tompa's innocence . . . but to prove it, he must find the valor and the strength to fight to the death at her side.AN UNFAIR TRIALCan Tompa learn to trust and love not only a member of the alien race that wants to slaughter her . . . but also the policeman who betrayed her to cruel alien justice?