Alien Space Thriller

Commodore Raptor Warwyk receives command of his own starship…and orders for a mission to cross vast swaths of space and rescue a beleaguered ally of Starfire Kingdom from mysterious alien invaders. Nestorian Republic faces attacks from powerful alien spaceships on its exploration and mining vessels and the aliens are abducting the survivors. Commodore Raptor is on his way with his Starship Conquistador. Armed to the teeth, built to conquer and carrying secret weapons even its crew doesn’t know about, he will have to dare the aliens all alone. The journey is long and treacherous, forces ...

Humanity needs help, and they need it fast. Following a particularly devastating loss, Liam learns that the All-Kind have found a suitable candidate species to become humanity’s allies: a species called the Sulti. This might seem like a stroke of luck, except the Sulti have fought the Deathbringers before, and there is no love lost between them. But they’re going to have to put all that behind them. Because the Sulti Empire, which spans thousands of populated worlds, is where the Ferox have chosen to mount a full-scale invasion.

Thorn’s been dead for a thousand years. But for someone who can travel time, when you are is relative. He’s lived a long life, but is that all there is? He passed on Kali’s mantle to Bud, but does that mean the highers are done with him? All he wants is to join his wife in death, and find out if there really is an afterlife together. But since when has anything gone the way anyone wanted where highers are concerned? And on the eve of his death, just what could any of them want of him now? One thing is for sure though. He is, has been, and always will be, Thorn. The Hunter Imperium ...

The long awaited sequel to Hero to the End. A new beginning. Tech and Magic must come together to survive! Jon Hunter thinks he's done enough. But since when did he get any say in the matter? 15,000 people, 4 main stations, and 15 large ships, somewhere in the galaxy, unexpectedly looking for a new start. Jon sees himself as their protector, at least until his people build their own new society, without him in charge. Thorn has been waiting for Jon Hunter for 82 years. 3100 years ago, Thorn had to save humanity. One week ago, Jon did save humanity. Just different groups. Both have done the ...

Lyla Cowan is no stranger to events that bend out of control. The Cosmos keeps asking her to step up, and up, and up again. But each time she does, she finds something else which is bent out of shape. She was once asked to consider the line between mercenary and militia. Now she’s walking that line, and guess what? It’s still bent. Something is really wrong in the Sector Nine Badlands. The Ralnor situation never seems to end. And now the Terrans are the ones needing help. It’s all in a day’s work for those who do the Unbend. The Hunter Imperium Universe Is best read in this order: ...

Lyla Cowan feels like she’s been telling truth to stupid. But is anyone listening to her? And does it matter if they do or don’t? Events seem to be in motion which cannot be stopped now. And Lyla always seems to be right in the middle of them. Because the Unbound Mercs will respond to whatever starts to Unwind. The Hunter Imperium Universe Is best read in this order: The Spacemage Chronicle Yesterday's Spacemage Today's Spacemage Tomorrow's Spacemage The Hunter Legacy Prequels 1969 Was That You? One Last Battle NPC PHQ The Hunter Legacy Hero at Large Hunted Hero Hunting Send in the Hero...

The best laid plans always have to deal with the unexpected. Colonel Brazee has a plan. Go to the Imperium, steal a warship, and set up a new homeland on one of the new unclaimed spine worlds. How hard can that be? He knows no plan survives contact with the enemy, but exactly who is the enemy? The Imperium is not a friend, and what he’s going to do won’t endear him to them, but he has no intention of getting caught up in their war. But intentions and plans are what you have before things go pear shaped. Brazee knows this, and is confident his team can handle anything the galaxy throws ...

Lyla Cowan never understood what happened. One moment she was leading a squadron, the next she was waking up in a care unit with people angry at her. It set her on a path to what she has become, and what she now has. She was undone, and then came back from that. Or at least, everyone thinks so. Things seem to be getting even more chaotic, but it keeps her occupied. And dare she admit it, happy. But at the back of her mind is always the niggling doubt. Doubts about herself, and how she was undone once, without knowing why, or if it could happen again. Is the reason she can’t accept being ...

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, thank you very much. But no matter what she does, people persist in dying around her—and only she seems to be able to solve the crime. After fleeing to an alien space station in hopes that the lack of humans would stop the murders, a serial killer had the nerve to follow her to Station Eternity. (Mallory deduced who the true culprit was that time, too.)

Two leaders, two fleets, two wars. The Rawtenuga war is effectively over, although dealing with the remaining fleets will take time. On the other hand, the Trixone war keeps getting bigger. Jon's problem is how to wield the growing Thorn's Cluster Militia among all the other problems of a growing Imperium. But even with a Grand Master Mage coming into his power, the sheer scale of the war seems to nullify any advantages they have. For Jon, it comes back to one repeating question. What the hell do I do next? Bud’s problem is dealing with people thinking a Grand Master Mage can do anything....

"The only one enjoying himself in there is the grim reaper." The Crossroad system is a battleground. The Keerah only want to conquer. The Ralnor want control. The Trixone want new eating grounds. All of them want what they think Jon Hunter has. Jon is fighting a war on seven fronts, while trying to stay out of politics and diplomacy at home. As the death toll mounts, Jon is confronted with options, all of which carry an unacceptable body count. And in the midst of it all, old choices suddenly have consequences. In the middle of everything, lies the Reaper's Crossroad. The Hunter Legacy ...

Jon Hunter is back. Whether he likes it or not! Be careful what you ask for. A higher being might be listening. It's been 2 days since Jon Hunter reset the timeline, by locking the Darkness away forever. 2 days of grateful rest. For him. For the rest of the team, it feels like a year has passed, and they're stuck in a limbo they cannot escape. Jane wants Jon to get back to work, and a higher power seems to want the same thing. But Jon isn't ready yet, and Jane thinks he only needs a wakeup call. But when has anything Jon Hunter related ever been as simple as a wakeup call? Weird is normal ...

They came from space. We don’t know who they are. We don’t know what they want. We don’t know why they keep coming back. We thought we could stand against all enemies. We were wrong. We thought the enemies we had were as bad as it was possible to be. We were wrong. But we do know one thing. We will adapt. One day we will be ready for them. And on that day, as with all days, There will be, the Dawn Patrol. The Hunter Imperium Universe Is best read in this order: The Hunter Legacy Hero at Large Hunted Hero Hunting Send in the Hero Make or Break the Hero Hail the Hero Burnside's Killer ...

PLEASE NOTE: Feel free to read the first two books in the series in any order—they both will work just fine! This is deliberate—both storylines are intertwined, but they do not necessarily impose, which part in the series should be read first. The first human interstellar flight. A terrorist organization working against all sanity. And a terrifying discovery to be made just outside the Solar system. Humanity is working tirelessly at getting ready to travel to the stars and spread its eggs around several cosmic baskets. Julius Cousteau, a long-thought-dead former captain of a failed ...

There is life outside of war. As the political landscape continues to change, the war goes on for Bud and the dragons. But life has milestones, and unexpected events, and even a war must give way for them. How much of what is known actually happened that way? How much of what you plan is actually your plan? And how do you know that advancing that plan isn’t going to make things worse? The dragons are powerful once again. But what is the difference between what once was, and what could be? Could it be the Dragon Heart? The Hunter Imperium Universe Is best read in this order: The Hunter ...

Lyla Cowan has finally embraced who she was meant to be. A lone wolf leading a pack of lone wolves presenting as a mercenary company. It doesn’t matter where she goes across two galaxies, someone makes trouble for people she calls friends. But when your own and theirs are threatened, wolves don’t stand down. Lyla doesn’t like picking fights, but she never backs away from them when they start. What matters is how you fight with what you have. And every fight is somehow Uneven. The Hunter Imperium Universe Is best read in this order: The Spacemage Chronicle Yesterday's Spacemage Today's...

The Owls are arrogant, utterly convinced of their superiority, and hardly worth being called a threat. Jane is fighting a war she doesn’t understand. But the Owls are a threat to everyone else, and Jane is yet to find out the real stakes involved in this war. With Jane in the middle of known space, Baron Fred is trying to hold things together at one end in Gaia, while Walsh is holding down the diplomatic fort at the other end. For Fred, finding out the real cost of maintaining your ideals comes home to him in the most personal way possible. Walsh on the other hand, is tired of being the ...

Chris Ecclestone has had a full on day. And it isn't over yet! He’s done the impossible, been promoted, called a legend, and now he’s alone with his girlfriend and about to get the reward he really wants. Tomorrow is another day, and a badly needed boring one at that. But there’s a war on, and romance has to wait when allies call for help, and boring is what happens between battles and exhaustion. Combat awaits, and this time, he’s a senior officer contemplating how fast he’s failing upwards. The Imperium is spread too thin, and the Trixone are attacking in too many places. When ...

Arrogant warlords just killed one of his crew and destroyed his ship. He unleashes a torrent of human fed anger the likes of which they have never seen before. And, what is this Prophecy thing about humans, anyway. . . and why does he have to be involved? An addictive, heart-stopping, military science fiction and space opera thriller you just can’t put down, so, warn your family and friends you’ll be in another universe for a while… Grab your copy right now, put on your battle armor and web into your ship-couch as you join Captain Derek Hamilton and his warrior crew on the wild ride ...

Earth is now on borrowed time. While Joe Hunt and his team travelling through Alliance territory, Doctor Keegan Beck is left on Earth to manage human/alien relations. In Alliance territory, Joe and his team start to discover that the War of Succession is not what it appears. They lead an investigation to find why the war hasn’t ended and learn that humanity has more in common with the aliens than they could have ever imagined. In Coalition space, plans are in motion that may threaten Earth and could lead to the end of humanity. MORE BOOKS BY DONALD B MCFARLANE The Earth Saga Series:Minus ...