The Burning Son

Pilot Mark Martin must flee his homeworld of Yale when the Erethizon theocracy overwhelms the defenses. His father, an influential senator, is captured. Now Mark must find a way to save his dad before the resistance is crushed, and with it, all hope of ending the occupation. A chance encounter with a smuggler captain may be his only hope. Will they help, or will the crew sell him to the alien invaders?

Mark is in trouble. His ship has been destroyed. Many of his friends are dead. He’s stranded on a planet controlled by vicious gangsters and he has a crew looking to him for the answers. Perhaps if he was dealing with just one crime family, he could manage it, but several crime families have made him offers he can’t refuse. Accepting any of their deals means making an enemy of the other syndicates. They all want a piece of him, and there isn’t enough Mark to go around.

We hang petty thieves and promote the great ones to public office. The secret world where the vicious and cunning Erethizon brainwash their political prisoners has been found. Mark and his allies have saved his father and thousands of political leaders from a fate worse than death. It’s time to work together and build a brighter future, right? If only it were that simple...