Van left his old life behind, but some things remain the same. Even in space, crime still exists.After taking a Peacemaker job to find missing fuel, Perry finds something far more sinister than simple theft - a voice, crying out in a forge of heat and flame, and the discovery reveals a series of acts so vicious that nothing short of revenge will suffice. Following leads across the stars, Van, Perry, and Torina discover the wealthy elite are doing more than just tak...

When Van Tudor returns to his childhood home, he inherits more than the family farm.His grandfather used to tell him fantastic stories of spacemen and monsters, princesses and galactic knights. Little did Van realize, the old man's tales were more than fiction; they were real. Hidden beneath the old barn, Van's legacy is waiting: a starship, not of this world.With his combat AI, an android bird named Perry, Van takes his first steps into the wider galaxy. H...

There are some things you simply can't escape. For Van, it's family.Out among the stars, his cousin, Carter Yost, drags Van and his team into a criminal ring run by the High Doctor – a dangerous con artist with delusions of grandeur. Working from the abandoned world of Pathway, the High Doctor has created a cult, stealing a fortune from the fearful, sick, and scared.If there's one thing Van hates, it's a bully, and the High Doctor has his full attention. Bu...

The guild is under attack, and Van is right in the middle of it all.When Master Yewlo is abducted by unknown forces, the Peacemakers are thrown into chaos as the rescue mission begins. Finding Yewlo will be hard, but the search reveals secrets the guild might not survive - secrets about a system so corrupt, it will take Van and his team's best efforts to untangle the truth.And they might not like what they find. On the grimy station known as Halcyon, Van wi...

When Van gains rank as a Peacemaker, he becomes a bigger target for the criminals scattered among the stars.And he wouldn't have it any other way.On a distant world under an alien sun, hunters and their companions—the Rovan—bond in a ritual as old as their civilization. But one of the hunters is missing, and Van, along with his growing crew, knows where to look. Climbing up into the rarified air of the super-rich, Van uncovers a new enemy: The Fade....

The Universe is a bloody mess. Time to put on your cleaning gloves.During a routine arrest, Van discovers a stolen spacecraft, its importance far greater than it first appears. Fast, sleek, and beautiful, the ship is a cultural relic from Linulla's people, and returning their property will set off a chain of events that reveals a new adversary.Rising in the ranks, Van's confrontation with a pirate leader isn't just a case of theft, but something far more si...

Van's next mission has begun, and at the heart of it is the power to save lives.Meanwhile, a hungry galaxy looks to a brilliant young scientist for answers, making her the most wanted person in known space.After years of research, Adayluh Creel perfects a resource to feed sixteen races—or more—all with one golden plant capable of growing on the most hostile worlds. For her efforts, she wants nothing, but savage forces will seek to possess what she would giv...

When the Fafnir responds to a desperate distress call, their act of kindness is turned against them, making Van the most wanted man in the known universe.Targeted by a vicious, charismatic politician and his shadowy partner, Van and his friends are faced with a decision that carries long term consequences—deliver justice...or run and hide.The choice is easy. The Fafnir will attack, and criminals will pay regardless of the bounty chasing them across the star...

The universe is hungry. For power. For money. For war.And—revenge. Stripping osmium from across the stars, thieves will stop at nothing to fuel the nightmarish industry of Stolen Persons, their souls locked away in chips made of the rarest metal known.Among these thieves is Helum Gauss, the visionary criminal whose empire spans a hundred worlds. But his massive corporation, BeneStar, lost—badly—to Van and the Guild, and Gauss won't take no for an answer.

Van is a veteran now, and the lessons are getting tougher.But so is he.When a ghost ship arrives in port, filled with the victims of a crime beyond imagination, Van and his crew will be drawn into a chase that goes beyond any star system the Peacemakers know.Beyond Guild borders, the Torus is a gateway to crime and profit beyond imagination. It' a wild, lawless place with few connections to the civilized stars, but Van and Torina di...