Echoes of War - Paperbackby Kristine Smith (Author) Debts linger, waiting to be paid. When Colonel Niall Pierce is kidnapped, Jani Kilian is ordered to stay out of it. Niall may be her best friend, but he is also an officer in the Commonwealth Service and a full human while she is the half idomeni head of the hybrid enclave of Thalassa to attempt his rescue would not only call his loyalty into question and endanger his life but increase tensions between the Commonwealth and