In the aftermath of a battle a ship drifts helplessly in space. Is the strange new warship they were fighting still out there? Will it come back for them? Commander Johnson faces a desperate race to get her destroyer back into action and save her crew. 

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'Independence' is a short story (6000 words) in the Two Democracies universe. The series continues with the novel 'Liberty'.