The second volume in an stirring new science fiction trilogy. The Universe has enjoyed an uneasy peace for five years. Constantine Blas is no longer in the navy, and he visits the Planet Hesperia with his partner, Evelyn Gluck. The new rulers have engaged on a programme of extermination of the native population, and the soldiers who fought for the Republic are discharged and discredited. To his astonishment, a man appears who claims to be Xerxes Tell the rightful President of the Nine Syst...

Cal Rahm is a brilliant mining engineer destined for a glittering career. He drops out after a terrorist attack destroys his research station. His fiancée was killed in the attack, and he loses the will to go on. After a string of manual jobs, including a spell as a mercenary, fighting off hostile tribes and bandits, he signs up for a contract on Mars. The discovery of a miracle mineral on the planet has opened up opportunities for people like him. It offers the chance to earn a big pay pa...

The first volume of an epic new science fiction trilogy. Constantine Blas, Captain of a Federation Battlecruiser, is imprisoned when the sole surviving allied fleet is defeated by the religious fanatics of Axia. But Blas is not without allies. During the journey to the prison planet Nabucco I, a small group of rebels helps him to escape. Together with two other Federation leaders, they begin to plan the fightback.Their rebellion begins to win victories, and more and more recruits c...

A plane crash leaves two injured strangers, Harry and Zoe, struggling for survival. Things get worse, bringing their escape to a quick end. Zoe is in a panic – pregnant and needing to return to end the pregnancy that she feels will destroy her career dreams. Harry sees the storm as a blessing - a way to save an innocent life. What neither knows is that fate has already made the decision for them.