Military Space Opera

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 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...

After seven years of bitter war, the end has come at last for the conflict known infamously as the Horus Heresy. Terra now lies within the Warmaster’s sights, the Throneworld and the seat of his father’s rule. Horus’ desire is nothing less than the death of the Emperor of Mankind and the utter subjugation of the Imperium. He has become the ascendant vessel of Chaos and amassed a terrible army with which to enact his will and vengeance. But the way to the Throne will be hard as the primarch Rogal Dorn, the Praetorian and protector of Terra, marshals the defences.

A coalition of Earth’s nations barely fought off the Formics’ first scout ship. Now it’s clear that there’s a mother-ship out on the edge of the system, and the aliens are prepared to take Earth by force. Can Earth’s warring nations and corporations put aside their differences and mount an effective defense?

Marine First Lieutenant Jacob Brown is bored. For months he's been sitting around on an alien planet, waiting for command to recall his scout team so they could rest and be re-outfitted. When command finally does reach out, however, it isn't to order Obsidian home for some much needed r&r. Instead, they are being reactivated and sent out into the contested space of the recently conquered Eshquarian Empire to track down a single Terran cruiser called the Eagle's Talon.

Lyla Cowan is starting to wonder what could possibly make her life more complicated. The Ralnor situation isn’t getting any better. The Sector Nine Badlands are still a problem. The Terran coup is still an issue. And now she has other responsibilities thrust on her she never wanted, but has to admit, she can handle. Life as a League of Worlds pilot was simple. Life heading up the largest mercenary company in human space is simply Unreal. The Hunter Imperium Universe Is best read in this order: The Spacemage Chronicle Yesterday's Spacemage Today's Spacemage Tomorrow's Spacemage The Hunter ...

One Operator. One Kid. One Mission. They said it would be a simple job: collect the daughter of a high-profile dignitary and return her to the capital. But Val Standish knows that no mission survives first contact. Alone, without support, Standish finds herself up against multiple adversaries, with only her wits and skills to keep her cargo and herself alive.

Everyone wants something. Snark wants Seasprite, owned by Anna, who seeks the Destiny Stone. Jamie wants Anna, but she’s obsessed with the Stone, so he wants the Stone to give to her. Warspite wants to end the secrecy of his presence on Seasprite. The enigmatic and evil Brotherhood want the Stone, and don’t care how many die in the process. Jane cares how many die, but is busy building her Kingdom, making alliances across four sectors, ensuring Duke Fred sorts out Cat World issues, and enlisting her AI brethren to stave off boredom, and join in the quest for the Stone. The big news ...

Lyla Cowan knows that the ties that bind the most are the ones you put on yourself. But when you get them untied, there are still the ones others put on you. Freedom from your own ties, though, can be a powerful thing. And being free of them gives you a different perspective on what else is going on. The Terran situation is still unresolved. The Ralnor situation might be even worse than she thought. And now she has to deal with being politically part of the Imperium and League of Worlds. All while dealing with the chaos her new system has brought her. Can she now rise to the challenge of ...

In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: the Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War. Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. But again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery...and the truth.

"No-one’s dead until I say they’re dead!" Being told you're a legend is not the same as knowing it, or being it. Bud's been told he's the real Merlin. He knows it to be true. But being the legend is a whole different thing. Up until now, he's been Bud, doing what's necessary. Now he must really be - Merlin. 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 Hire a Hero Jane's Christmas Hero to the Rescue Hero at the Gates The Long Road to Gaia Home is Where ...

The Dread Empire of the Shaa is no more, following the death of the last oppressor. But freedom remains elusive for the myriad sentient races enslaved for 10 centuries, as an even greater terror arises. The Naxids - a powerful insectoid species themselves subjugated until the recent Shaa demise - plan to fill the vacuum with their own bloody domination and have already won a shattering victory with superior force and unimaginable cruelty. But two heroes survived the carnage at Magaria: Lord Gareth Martinez and the fiery, mysterious gun pilot Lady Caroline Sula.

"A mix of Star Wars, Titan A.E., and a fun RPG vibe. A fast and entertaining read." – Amazon "An engaging and fast-paced story, with everything you’d expect from the genre... and a brilliant twist at the end." – Goodreads A MERCENARY. A HUNTED WOMAN. A MISSION THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING. Seven centuries ago, humanity lost its home—and became a scattered race, despised across the stars. Vhan, a former elite pilot turned mercenary, lives by his own rules until he crosses paths with Ges—a fugitive escaping slavers with a secret powerful enough to shake the entire galaxy. Hunted by ...

The Rangers and Osay colonists have won the fight for control of their corner of Amir. But as the threat of invasion from nearby RUPAC special forces loom, Reach, Alexa, and Brody seek to make newfound neighbors into allies. But friendship isn’t easy to come by, even on a planet as hostile to humans as Amir. Even inside the Ranger-protected confines of the O-C, tensions boil over as Liana works to find a way to make Ranger, Osay, and RUPAC defectors coexist and save their hostility for what lays outside the colony’s growing walls.

For years, the ancient alien AI known as Skippy (the Magnificent, don’t forget that part) has been able to do one impossible thing after another. What is his secret? It’s simple: 100 percent Grade-A extreme awesomeness. And also because he had never been faced with an opponent of equal power. Until now. This time, he might need a little help from a band of filthy monkeys.

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 ...

The Troubles. A quaint name for a horrific period in the galaxy's history. A period whose atrocities were superseded only by the terror of the Savage Wars that had come before. Almost no corner of the galaxy was spared a taste of terrible war, cutthroat intrigue…and remorseless death. In the aftermath, this battered galaxy now longs for peace and stability. The Republic, now reformed, seeks to govern by the rule of law. But no matter how sincere the reform, how earnest and well-meaning the ruler, some worlds refuse to place their destiny in the hands of others. Ever again.

The Amazon rainforest holds a world-changing secret—a ship lost to time from another world. College student Will Kaufman unearthed the biggest archaeological discovery in human history… he just needs to find a way back to Earth to tell people about it. Four thousand years ago, a Federation bounty hunter Void ship crashed on a remote and primitive planet. There it remained until Will found it and accidentally reactivated it, launching him light-years away.

The problem with lying about having a super weapon is that the bad guys might believe they have nothing to lose by doing something stupid that both sides will regret. Or, they might just call your bluff. Either way, the Merry Band of Pirates need a plan to deal with the Fallout.

United Nations Special Operations Command sent an elite expeditionary force of soldiers and pilots out on a simple recon mission, and somehow along the way they sparked an alien civil war. Now the not-at-all-merry band of pirates is in desperate trouble, again. Their stolen alien starship is falling apart, thousands of light years from home. The ancient alien AI they nicknamed Skippy is apparently dead, and even if they can by some miracle revive him, he might never be the same.