REWRITTEN FOR EBOOK PUBLICATION WITH NEW MATERIAL.Smith and Trowbridge describe the flavor of their five-book space opera Exordium as a cross between the original Star Wars and Dangerous Liaisons with a touch of the Three Stooges.With its fast-moving blend of humor and horror, of high-tech skiffy and the deep places of the human heart, The Phoenix in Flight launches the reader into a complex, multi-layered universe as Brand...

Smith and Trowbridge describe the flavor of their five-book retro-futura space opera Exordium as a cross between early Star Wars and Dangerous Liaisons by way of the Three Stooges. With its fast-moving blend of humor and horror, of high-tech skiffy and the deep places of the human heart, Exordium launches the reader into a complex, multi-layered universe as Brandon nyr-Arkad, youngest son of the ruler of the Thousand Suns, abandons the life of Service pl...

Returned to supposed safety, Brandon finds himself fighting a battle of symbols, his only weapon his wits as he strives to win the allegiance of the navy in time to rescue his father, the Panarch . . .Rewritten, with new material added, in this third volume of the space opera saga EXORDIUM, The Rifters are imprisoned, and Brandon finds himself, as sole heir to the Phoenix Throne, using wits and courtly intrigue against the powerful and sophisticated aristo...

Completely revised for ebook release, in this last volume the desperate fight to recover the Panarchy of the Thousand Suns is about to commence. Brandon hai-Arkad's throne remains in the hands of his enemy, Jerrod Eusabian of Dol'jhar. The fleet has been gathered, bolstered by the once outlawed Rifters; it's a race against time, before the Suneater, the mysterious station created by a long-gone race, powers up. Brandon must defeat Dol'jhar by destroying the Suneater, or face annihilation.

In this rewritten fourth volume of the series Exordium, the Panarchy is in shambles, coalescing at the military base Ares. Brandon has inherited not only this political tinderbox, but also must face the escalating threat from the invading Dol'jharians and their Rifter allies before they can power up the ancient artifact they call the Suneater.But moving with secret, deadly precision against Brandon is a traitor who will do anything for power. Meanwhile Brandon has fallen in love, b...