The Chronicles of Benjamin Jamison

After a dishonorable discharge from the military on trumped-up charges, all Ben wanted to do was stay under the radar and be left alone. Someone with his talents and training is not soon forgotten or left alone. Ten months of peace and quiet are about to come to an end, starting with a bar fight and a visit from a special operations officer with orders to bring him back into the fold.

The homecoming was short lived. Some might conclude that four ships, three women, and an unruly teenage daughter would constitute a happy ending. But dangerous forces still move in circles around Benjamin, his family, and friends. Word had arrived foretelling the prospects for peace and a first job for the fledgling Reaper Inc. Family in tow, locked and loaded, they leave for parts unknown to aid in securing peace and safety for the people of the Colonial Alliance. But when someone is out to kill you or eat you, making it there alive might be all you could hope for.

Recovered from his captivity aboard the Cjittan Generations Vessel, Benjamin Jamison has decided it is time...time to get to the bottom of what really happened to his family while there are no demands on him. Not an investigator by trade, he goes about getting information the only way he knows how - forcefully.

In the wake of his destruction, Benjamin Jamison and his team fled Athena and the Alliance, quite possibly to never return. Offered sanctuary in a palace in the capital of the Cjittan Empire, by the Queen who followed him on his rampage, the crew of the Claymore was living the dream. With Binda of Trillond, living the dream is about to be literal. Her prophetic dream points to an enemy emerging against the Cjittan Empire after a thousand years of peace. One man alone will strike the first blow against the enemy invaders. He will show them how the Reaper handles empires at war.

The battle with the World Eaters had taken its toll on Benjamin Jamison. Ghosts of the past haunted him, year after year of war and skirmishes, and blood and guts had caught up with him. His relationship with Tazleaha, queen of Cjittan, has fared no better. He has had no messages from her for weeks. Unfortunately, there is no rest for the Reaper as he takes his band of privateers and heads to the next location the Khalnalax have been planning to decimate: Idaline.