He Shot First

Dan Tippdale is a human among aliens on an unfamiliar world. A bar fight lands him in jail -- and he shot first. The charge might not be murder, but that might not matter -- from the looks of things, he might not live to stand trial. And then there's the matter of his lawyer, who has something big in common with the alien Dan shot...

Science Fiction, Sci fi, scifi, Speculative Fiction, fiction, alien, self defense, gun, shooting, jail, prison, court, lawyer, trial, mob, demonstration, ethics, alien civilization, interstellar civilization, interstellar travel, faster than light travel, far future.