Silver, Posthumous Deal

A great war reminiscent of World War I has ended. Tanya Degurechaff, once the star of the Imperial Mage Air Force, steps forward as a 'war criminal' as the Empire collapses. Public opinion condemns her, and the military cuts her loose. But just before her execution, the existence of captured nuclear weapons comes to light. The great powers cannot act, and Tanya escapes death—only to be erased from history as a 'dead woman' in the documents. The one who takes her in is Colonel Lergen, just twenty