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After enlisting the reluctant help of a Union scientist with unique knowledge of the Aterniens, Master Commander Carter Rose embarks on his most dangerous mission yet. Ahead of them is Old Aternus, a dark and inhospitable world where the Aterniens were exiled to after the first war. Now, abandoned, Old Aternus holds the key to discovering the secret location of the Empire's new home planet, and the chance to finally strike the Aterniens where it hurts. However, Rose discovers that Old Aternus is far from a dead ruin. Nestled amongst its abandoned buildings are dangers more savage than any he has faced before. A betrayal almost derails everything, but the appearance of an unlikely ally provides hope, and the information Rose needs to continue his mission. Markus Aternus, the god-king of the Aternien Empire, believes that he and his post-human civilization are immortal and impervious to harm. Master Commander Carter Rose intends to prove him wrong, but if he fails this time, then the Empire will sweep through the heart of the Union and lay waste to what remains of humanity. Battle Aternus is book #5 and the final installment of the Aternien Wars series, an epic blend of space opera and militaristic sci-fi following an elite crew of augmented officers fighting a post-human enemy styled on the myths of ancient Egypt.

Master Commander Carter Rose has always been one step behind the Aterniens, but now it is time to take the fight back to his enemy. His plan necessitates him finding the mastermind of the Longsword officer program - a man who has not been seen in nearly a century. Then out-of-the-blue, Rose receives word from Brodie Kaur, his former Master-at-arms, and an augmented soldier whom he could sorely use in the fight ahead. The problem is he's supposed to be dead. Travelling to Venture Terminal, a vast space station that has fallen to lawlessness, Rose must fight to contend not with criminal gangs, but with turncoat former Longsword officers who are out for his blood. But with the help of a mysterious hooded figure, Rose and his crew uncover another Aternien plot, this time to wipe out the Union homeworld itself - Terra Prime. A final conflict leads to a terrible loss, but also a new hope - one that could finally help Master Commander Rose turn the tide of the war. Counter Action is book #4 of the Aternien Wars series, an epic blend of space opera and militaristic sci-fi following an elite crew of augmented officers fighting a post-human enemy styled on the myths of ancient Egypt.

The Aterniens had a century to plan their revenge, and despite the best efforts of Master Commander Rose and his crew, they are losing the war. Even so, Rose must soldier on, and continue to find his remaining crew so that the Longsword Galatine is ready for whatever new threats they might face. The incident at Terra 6 proved that the Aterniens could strike at the heart of the Union, but the god king has many more tricks up his sleeve. Aterniens imposters posing as humans are spread throughout the Union, causing chaos, and generating suspicion and fear. But as Rose tackles one crisis another appears. A weapon capable of eradicating the population of entire worlds has been unleashed, and it's his job to stop it. However, with the Aterniens, nothing is ever quite as it seems, and Rose is forced into a confrontation with the Overseer, and another desperate struggle to save billions of lives. Planet Killer is book #3 of the Aternien Wars series, an epic blend of space opera and militaristic sci-fi following an elite crew of augmented officers fighting a post-human enemy styled on the myths of ancient Egypt.

The Star Scavenger's hunt for alien crystals leads them to the dangerous Martian underworld After the cataclysmic events on Manticore Four, Star Scavengers, Hudson and Tory, return to Earth to plan their next move. The alien superbeing known as Goliath has returned, and the only way to stop its murderous rampage is to find the crystals of power before it does. After witnessing Goliath's power first-hand, Hudson and his partners are left reeling. Then, with the Coalition of Earth Territories attempting to cover up the Manticore incident, a key ally resurfaces and offers his invaluable help. But a long-standing, bitter rival threatens to derail Hudson and Tory's plans. Using their relic-hunting skills, Hudson and his team of Star Scavengers follow the trail of breadcrumbs to Tethys City, a distant metropolis run by the authoritarian New Martian Order. A crystal shard has been discovered, and Amelia Ash and the Children of Goliath death cult are gunning for it too. The fight takes Hudson into the Martian Subdomain, a seedy underground province ruled by hedonism and a hunger for violent blood sports. The tournament's top prize is a one of the ancient crystal shards that, if it fell into Goliath's hands, would imbue the alien entity with the power to destroy cities. Hudson and Tory must get to it first, but doing so forces them to take part in the violent games. Unfortunately, the Children of Goliath are competing too and, in this game, defeat means death. Star Guardian is an epic space opera series, blending the action and fun of Firefly with the treasure-hunting adventure and mystery of Indiana Jones. Start reading today!

A new enemy looms in the shadows. To fight it, they need a ship thought lost for centuries.A ruthless alien enemy has returned, but despite overtures of peace, Commander Dalton Reeves doesn't believe a word that escapes their thin, slug-like lips. War is coming and in order to unite the six realms against a threat bigger than any faced in history, he must recover an ancient and famous warship. Hunted on two fronts by the fanatical New Earthers and the Sa'Nerran Grand Imperator, both of whom have axes to grind, Reeves must manage personal battles alongside the greater mission to defeat the ancient enemy. But a threat darker and more dangerous than even the Sa'Nerra lurks inside the Shadow Space. Like the tentacles of an interstellar Kraken, the anomaly creeps further into the six realms, toward the home planets of each species. To fight this enemy, Reeves needs a powerful new weapon - a ship that was last flown into combat by his ancestors a thousand years earlier. Thought lost centuries ago, the sentient battleship has merely been sleeping. Reeves must do whatever it takes to find it. Embarking on a desperate and dangerous mission with only his trusted executive officer, Major Katee Kane, at his side, Reeves must draw upon his military prowess, guile and determination. The problem is that the battleship he needs is hidden on a hostile planet where everyone and everything on the surface wants to kill him.Descendants of War is a new sci-fi action-adventure series set in a vivid, multi-species universe. It's filled with danger, intrigue and drama played out against the tense backdrop of a looming war versus an ancient and bitter enemy. If you like Babylon 5 and Deep Space 9, this could be the series you've been waiting for.

The secrets of an ancient power are revealed and a ghost from humanity's past returns.Tensions amongst the six realms are running high as the galaxy witnesses the overwhelming might of the Sa'Nerra armada. The Quarr race are facing defeat, and no-one wants to be next. Desperate to find a way to unite the realms against the Sa'Nerra, Commander Reeves and his team take the warship Invictus on a quest to learn about the mysterious and ancient Progenitors - the puppet masters manipulating the war. With threats from the Sa'Nerran Imperator and the New Earth Movement looming over him at every turn, Reeves is still struggling to embrace his legacy and temper the darkness inside him. But with the six realms focusing on diplomacy, Reeves chooses to take action. Reaching the Progenitor planet, they make a terrifying discovery that changes everything - the Sa'Nerra are the not the only threat the six realms face. A ghost from humanity's past has been waiting in the shadows, and together with the might of the Sa'Nerra, they could be unstoppable. Only a united force could possibly stand against their new, combined enemy. But in order to forge an alliance between the realms, Reeves must show the ambassadors of Concord Station the mortal threat that awaits them. But with his adversaries closing in, can Reeves escape the Progenitor world and return to Concord with the crucial evidence he needs? As with his ancestors before him, the fate of the galaxy now rests in his hands.Descendants of War is a new sci-fi action-adventure series set in a vivid, multi-species universe. It's filled with danger, intrigue and drama played out against the tense backdrop of a looming war versus an ancient and bitter enemy. If you like Babylon 5 and Deep Space 9, this could be the series you've been waiting for.

The search for a superweapon leads to a conflict with the galaxy's most dangerous criminal cartel Despite their best efforts to subdue Goliath, the superpowered alien AI continues to grow stronger and more lethal. Billions already lie dead across the galaxy as the entity works its way toward Earth, and the Star Scavengers are losing faith. All of their hopes now lie in finding another artificial entity - one that fought and defeated Goliath long before humanity was born. The only problem is that this entity is dead. Thanks to their informant inside the military, Hudson and Tory learn the location of their potential ally's body. As an artificial being, they hope there is still a chance to revive it and get it back into the fight. But Goliath and its death cult controlled by fanatical leader, Amelia Ash, are no longer the Star Scavenger's only problems. The Council - the galaxy's deadliest crime syndicate - are gunning for them too, as are bitter relic-hunting rivals, the Creed Brothers. Battling the odds, and winning, is what Hudson and Tory do best. But this time, they will need more than just luck and guile to achieve their goal of stopping Goliath; they'll need a weapon powerful enough to destroy it. Star Guardian is an epic space opera series, blending the action and fun of Firefly with the treasure-hunting adventure and mystery of Indiana Jones. Start reading today!

The galaxy's greatest treasure hunters become humanity's best hope for survival Hudson Powell and Tory Bellona are the galaxy's top Star Scavengers. Travelling to distant planets, they hunt for valuable artefacts inside the wrecks of giant alien starships that mysteriously lie crashed and broken on every portal world. It's a dangerous job, even without having to contend with corrupt police forces, criminal cartels, and the rival scavengers who want to kill them and take their crown. But for Hudson and Tory, an even greater danger lies ahead - one that not only threatens them, but the entire human race. A tragic attack by a fanatical death cult turns Hudson's life upside down. The cult's leader, a deranged zealot called Amelia Ash, claims to have found and resurrected the malevolent AI that destroyed the titanic alien starships millennia ago. The super-powered entity aims to finish what it started eons earlier - to wipe out all sentient organic life in the universe. Caught in the alien AI's sights, Hudson and Tory discover that rare alien crystals are the source of the destructive entity's power - crystals that can only be found deep inside the wrecked ships scattered across the galaxy. Now the race is on to find and recover these crystal shards before Amelia Ash and her army of zealots can deliver them to the alien AI as fuel for its murderous ambitions. Failure will mean certain death for Hudson and Tory, but there's more at stake than just their lives. The fate of humanity itself now rests on the shoulders of the infamous Star Scavengers. Star Guardian is an epic space opera series, blending the action and fun of Firefly with the treasure-hunting adventure and mystery of Indiana Jones. Start reading today!

The Progenitors' plan is revealed, but stopping them means piercing the veil of Shadow Space Finally possessing the ability to enter the Progenitors' shadow realm, Commander Reeves and Major Kane embark on a daring mission into the heart of enemy territory. However, en route they must detour to the Quarr planet of Vroxxa, which is under Sa'Nerran occupation. There they will learn the true, horrific purpose of the 'atmosphere acclimators' the aliens have installed on dozens of worlds. They will also discover the sickening depth of the Sa'Nerran's cruelty, forcing Reeves to again confront his dark side. Meanwhile, the enhanced neural technology that Reeves and Kane now share provides a glimpse into the future, as well as the past. Reeves will learn that as well as inheriting the darkness from his Omega Taskforce ancestors, he also inherited their humanity. Continuing the fight inside the shadow realm, Reeves and Kane see the epic and terrifying scale of the Sa'Nerran war machine for the first time, and are confronted with the engine that powers it. The discovery provides perhaps their only hope of defeating the Progenitors and ridding the galaxy of the Sa'Nerra. But the Progenitors will not allow their machines of war to be easily dismantled. And now, not only are the six realms under threat of invasion, but the Sa'Nerran Imperator is gunning for Concord Station too. The stage will be set for the final battle. But first, Reeves and Kane have to escape the shadow realm, and find their way home.Descendants of War is a new sci-fi action-adventure series set in a vivid, multi-species universe. It's filled with danger, intrigue and drama played out against the tense backdrop of a looming war versus an ancient and bitter enemy. If you like Babylon 5 and Deep Space 9, this could be the series you've been waiting for.

The war arrives in Bastion Space and at Concord Station. Now, everything is on the line. All pretenses of diplomacy have crumbled and Concord is no longer considered neutral territory. The Imperator is coming, and he intends to reduce the station to dust, forcing Commander Reeves to order an emergency evacuation. But old enemies linger on in the background. Not only must Reeves contend with the Sa'Nerra, but a final showdown with the Lord of Night appears inevitable, and the crime kingpin will stop at nothing to get his revenge. Meanwhile, the Sa'Nerra have invaded Bastion Federation space with thousands of warships and near-unlimited reserves safely inside Shadow Space. The clock is ticking for Reeves to convince an unlikely ally to join his cause, and take the fight to the aliens. However, as usual not everything goes to plan. A grudge held for a thousand years threatens to derail Reeves' plan. If his mission fails, it will be impossible to defeat the Sa'Nerra and their ancient masters, the Progenitors. Even so, Reeves has no choice but to fight. He must face the Sa'Nerran Grand Imperator for the last time and find a way to destroy Shadow Space, otherwise the six realms will crumble, at the cost of trillions of lives. It is a story of war and conflict a millennium in the making, and Dalton Reeves, ancestor of war, will write the final chapter. Descendants of War is a new sci-fi action-adventure series set in a vivid, multi-species universe. It's filled with danger, intrigue and drama played out against the tense backdrop of a looming war versus an ancient and bitter enemy. If you like Babylon 5 and Deep Space 9, this could be the series you've been waiting for.

Goliath has reached the peak of its power and entire star systems tremble its wake. But hope, in the shape of a new weapon, means that Earth is not lost yet. With Morphus still absent on her mysterious expedition, a surprise request from an old ally sets the star scavengers on a path to developing a new weapon against Goliath. And it sees them doing what they do best - hunting for crystals of power inside alien wrecks. But the truth is their hopes of victory are fading fast. Goliath's return, stronger than ever, provides a chilling reminder of the entity's apocalyptic might. Even with a new weapon, Hudson and Tory fear it will not be enough to prevent the superpowered being from fulfilling its destiny by destroying Earth and the human race along with it. A choice must be made between two conflicting forces of nature, but in the end, hope springs from a familiar source. The final battle begins and if the star scavengers fail this time, then no-one will be left alive to remember humanity ever existed at all. Star Guardian is an epic space opera series, blending the action and fun of Firefly with the treasure-hunting adventure and mystery of Indiana Jones. Start reading today!