Space Privateer

The US has abandoned its quest for the stars, and an old enemy has moved in to fill the void. The potential wealth of the universe is now in malevolent hands. Rebel billionaire Dan Randolph - possessor of the largest privately owned company in space - intends to weaken the stranglehold the new despotic masters of the solar system have on the lucrative ore industry. But when the mineral-rich asteroid he sets in orbit around the Earth is commandeered by the enemy, and his unarmed workers are slaughtered in cold blood, the course of Randolph’s life is changed forever.

As an engineer on the arkship Pilgrim-9, bound for the Tau Ceti solar system, Morgan Hall thought his life would revolve around maintaining and repairing the ship and supporting the needs of the five thousand colonists aboard. But when he’s roused early from a 240-year stasis, he’s confronted with chaos. Along with his shipmates, Morgan is brought down to a planet teeming with peril. Forced to fight for their survival without any of their tech to hand, they must adapt quickly to overcome countless threats in a world where magic is as real as science.

Liam Hoffen wants nothing more than for the people who call the Mhina system home to be left alone and allowed to forge their own destinies. With more than a year having passed since House of the Bold’s stunning defeat of the Mendari army, Elea Station has become home to the refugees from the Mendari War and has opened its doors to any who want to live freely. The only problem is that Kifeda House and the Strix are plotting to overthrow this thriving and fast-growing trading hub.

Liam Hoffen is used to straightforward missions going off the rails. But when he emerges from a crash-landing, one look tells him he’ll need more than a simple repair job. Having spent years inadvertently trapped in stasis, life has done more than pass him by...it’s dumped his entire team into an alien revolution. Stranded on a rugged world hundreds of thousands of light years from home, Liam and his crew are immediately swept up in incomprehensible planetary politics. Choosing the wrong side to defeat a fresh menace could be the difference between life and death.

Smugglers. Thieves. Pirates. The Sea Rover's crew embodies these defining qualities. Immerse yourself in a Science Fiction Adventure box set written by author C.P. MacDonald. Witness Captain Calin Aku's evolution from the most wanted outlaw on the Moon to an unexpected if reluctant hero. Job by job, paycheck by paycheck, he keeps flying. However, with a new client comes a cascade of adventure, forging unusual alliances and unraveling amazing mysteries. These revelations don't just alter the lives of Calin and his crew but also reshape humanity's future. Join Calin Aku and his crew as they ...

I just survived assassination attempts by pirates - authorized BY MY parents, the Emperor and Empress of the galactic Empire, but puleeeze. Really? They had my brother sign the death decree? Now, all of those alien pirates are dead and I crashed their ship on Warrior Academy grounds . . . in front of the Director . . . not exactly a great entrance. I know I WAS a Princess, but the only place I'm safe now is the Warrior Academy on Haden- the only place House elites and my parents have limited reach. Well, yeah, but that doesn't stop them from trying to reach across space and kill me there, ...

Earth is conquered. Sol is lost. One ship is tasked to free them. One Captain to save them all. When an alien armada destroys the United Earth Space Force and takes control of the human homeworld, newly reinstated Captain Annette Bond must take her experimental hyperspace cruiser Tornado into exile as Terra's only interstellar privateer. She has inferior technology, crude maps, and no concept of her enemy, but the seedy underbelly of galactic society welcomes her so long as she has prizes to sell and money to spend.

If Nick James is right, the Tipperary solar system is about to become the busiest trading hub in the galaxy. To sweeten the pot, the cloud-city of Lèger Nuage is offering free warehouse space to qualified traders. Of course, nothing's as simple as it seems. Just like Earth's Old West, the Tipperary system is as full of promise as it is Buccaneers who are happy to prey on the weak. No one expects it to be easy, but deceit, piracy, and murder kindle the pioneering spirit in each of them.

Trapped in a far-off galaxy, Liam Hoffen receives news that a massive Kroerak fleet has found its way to Earth. Knowing an invasion is imminent stuns our explorers, but there's nothing they can do when they discover the interplanetary Trans Loc system has been shut down to stem the tide of invading bugs. When a chance discovery that could end Earth's desperate war comes to light, our heroes find they will stop at nothing to return home.

The greatest threat humanity has ever faced lies beyond the frontier of its galactic civilization, but dangers closer to home have been overlooked and allowed to grow. As greed and personal ambition in the Terran Union push the common good aside, the Navy is forced to turn to unconventional means. Jack Samson is ordered to team up with former allies to uncover and destroy the rot eating the Union from the inside. Chasing down a trail of smuggled alien technology through the Union's underworld, they soon discover the web of treachery reaches farther than anyone could have expected.

A cease-fire in the war with Hanover leaves Lieutenant Alexis Carew on half-pay, in-atmosphere, and with her ship laid up in ordinary until called upon once more for the needs of the Service. It would be a tranquil, peaceful life, if not for the influx of asteroid miners seeking their fortunes, the uncertainties of her inheritance, and the nagging certainty that her current life is not what she really wants. She’d give anything to command a ship again.

When you are old enough to finally become an Earth Mars citizen, everything should be perfect. Right? Not for Liam Hoffen. He's stuck on a mining asteroid called Colony 40, helping his father work a claim that is never going to pay out. His best friend, Nick James is set for life in James' Rental business and Liam just discovered that the girl he's known forever thinks he's pretty great and now she's leaving for the Mars Naval Academy.

From one IT career to another Jace never asked for much out of life—just a steady paycheck, a quiet desk, and maybe fewer wedgies than the average orphan. After years of surviving bullies and clawing his way into an IT Security career, he thought he’d finally found stability. That was… until the pink slip landed on his desk. Fired. But when one door slams shut, sometimes a very strange one creaks open. While scrolling the job board, Jace stumbled across a very different IT career path. Join Jace in this action-packed LitRPG adventure—equal parts slice-of-life, tycoon sim, and stat-...

Humanity has spread to the stars. Tye Williams a young graduate from the United Earth Forces Fighter Academy receives his first posting aboard the UEF cruiser, Rising Star. His deployment and that of the cruisers crew is to sort out pirate and mercenary activity which has plagued many systems. Little does he know his future is sealed in events which will catapult him into an adventure he could never of dreamed of. One of romance, fortune and danger.

Dirk and company can rest easy. The ship isn't listed as stolen, Dirk's warrant is cancelled, and in return they just have to do a tiny favor for Tribune Devin. How difficult can it be to update his ship's weapons, find out what's going on core ward, and help look into Scruggs's warrant—and meet up with an ex-girlfriend? What could possibly go wrong? But when a botched heist, a crooked repair deal, and the sudden appearance of an enemy warship complicate things, Dirk has to decide. Is he a mercenary, a privateer, or a loyal servant of the Empire? Or can he be all three a once.

From one IT Career Into Another Jace never asked for much out of life—just a steady paycheck, a quiet desk, and maybe fewer wedgies than the average orphan. After years of surviving bullies and clawing his way into an IT Security career, he thought he’d finally found stability. That was… until the pink slip landed on his desk. Fired. But when one door slams shut, sometimes a very strange one creaks open. While scrolling the job board, Jace stumbled across a very different IT career path. Join Jace in this action-packed LitRPG adventure—equal parts slice-of-life, tycoon sim, and stat...

From one IT Career Into Another Jace never asked for much out of life—just a steady paycheck, a quiet desk, and maybe fewer wedgies than the average orphan. After years of surviving bullies and clawing his way into an IT Security career, he thought he’d finally found stability. That was… until the pink slip landed on his desk. Fired. But when one door slams shut, sometimes a very strange one creaks open. While scrolling the job board, Jace stumbled across a very different IT career path. Join Jace in this action-packed LitRPG adventure—equal parts slice-of-life, tycoon sim, and stat...

Alec Martinson was a former naval officer before becoming the captain of an old commercial jump tender. But hauling cargo shuttles around from one star system to another was simply not exciting enough for him. Alec decided to form his own privateer unit, willing to sell his sword to the highest bidder as long as the price was right and the job wasn’t too ‘dirty’. After recruiting enough ships and personnel, Alec was hired on by one of the colony systems to help them against an interstellar corporate syndicate’s armed takeover bid. Alec had to then set up a base on the edge of human-...

Alec Martinson’s privateers have successfully survived their first big test. But new enemies threaten to destroy Alec’s people, either by destroying their reputation or eliminating them in combat. But hope will come from a source that Alec didn’t even know that he had with a world that most of humanity considered little more than insular, religious zealots. But even those can have their secrets. Alec and his people will soon be in a fight for their lives against the genocidal Lu’non and will need all of the help that they can get.

Ross, a psyborg war veteran turned privateer whose very existence is illegal, is hired to retrieve stolen tech from one of the most secure research sites in the Sol system. When everything goes sideways, he finds himself faced with a dilemma: risk exposure or place himself at the center of a conspiracy spanning the length and breadth of Hinterspace.