Galactic Mercenaries

Dirk Friedel used to be an Imperial Duke, now he's a washed up freighter captain. When a shady broker offers him easy money to steal some obsolete cargo and transport it off-planet, he and his crew of amateur thieves jump at the chance. Who'll miss a few crates of worthless supplies and some broken down trucks? But when the supplies turn out to be something more than imagined, they end up dodging the Imperial navy and enlisting as unwilling mercenaries in civil war.

In the underground world of crime, Jet Rusco clashes with gangsters and space thugs. He’s a man who lives on the edge, turned to hustling to survive. A heist gone bad centering on alien tech leads him on a dodgy adventure, forces him to find allies. Who can he trust? Rough-boy Marty, headstrong Deidra, the tech-savvy TK, the kickbutt Wren? Wracked with self doubts and with bounty hunters on his tail, Rusco finds his choices bringing him face to face with a mystical despot who if left unchecked, will subjugate the human-populated free colonies. The question is, can Rusco outwit his enemies...

Hiro and crew take a request to guard colonists transporting valuable terraforming materials to a brand-new system under the oversight of Chris herself. And with their new military battle bots aboard, the gang's ready for anything–or so they think. Meanwhile, Hiro's Gold Star has made him a target of the galactic paparazzi. Under the eye of the camera, Hiro and the girls undertake their most dangerous mission yet: defense of an entire planet!

An alien conspiracy to enslave the human-populated planets... Two merc rivals out for each other’s blood... A military pilot locked in strange symbiosis with an alien Zikri… A simple mission to The Dim Zone to collect alien plant samples ends in disaster. Why would CEO Mathias of Cyber Corp on Phallanor finance such a mission? Mercenary Yul Vrean and badass space rogue Regers find out…the hard way. Deadly space battles, bio-mechanical fusion, killer aliens...a touch of the bizarre and fantastic…a rare feast to intrigue fans of Alien and The Matrix... Books contained in this series: ...

They put a bounty on her head. Big mistake. She’s a bounty hunter, too. Lauren Steel was finally enjoying the good life. Her ship, Drifter, was fully upgraded, her bank account was healthy, and for the first time in her career, she could afford to turn down contracts that smelled like trouble. Then she accepted a simple prisoner transport: discreet, well-paid, and no questions asked. What could possibly go wrong? Plenty. When a security breach compromises the transport, Lauren discovers her prisoner has dangerous ties to the notorious Thorp Syndicate, and that someone has just slapped a ...

Go on the adventure of a lifetime with this boxed set from Dan Raxor and Tyler Bowman. When the galaxy is in peril, these heroes will do everything it takes to save the day. Full of vivid imagery, cunning and vicious opponents, deadly aliens, and gorgeous babes, this collection aims to immerse the listener in a sci-fi journey that won’t soon be forgotten.

A billion-credit bounty. One human. They didn't send nearly enough warships. Derek Hamilton, hero of the Warrior Series, returns . . . Derek doesn't think of himself as a hero. He's a battle-hardened Marine from Earth who wants nothing more than to run cargo between the stars. The alien warlords who rule the galaxy have other plans. They've put a billion credits on his head, and suddenly every soldier, starship owner and bounty hunter with a gun wants a piece of him. They all think one human will be easy money. They're about to learn otherwise. Derek has no use for the arrogant elite who ...

Captain Jayde Thrin of the cargo ship Determination has one goal: make enough money to retire in style. Her small mercenary crew travels the universe taking on odd jobs, but when a botched gig lands them in hot water, it’s up to Jayde to figure out their escape – and their survival. The nearby mining planet M44 provides an opportunity to refuel and make a quick buck, but there’s more going on in the mines than anyone realizes. What Jayde expects to be an easy job turns out to be one of the hardest yet, especially with the outpost overrun with the undead.

Galactic Convoy: this second novel in Bill Baldwin’s Helmsman Saga is a Military-Science-Fiction novel about intra-galactic competition and conflict. First published in 1987, it chronicles the adventures of StarSailor and extraordinary Helmsman Wilf Brim during an epoch of discord and outright...

I’m Rishi Tremayne. I’m fifteen, female and desperately working to take care of my sick family. I hunt wrecked spaceships, destroyed in battle during the Empire's Galactic Slave War and turn in their location for credits I desperately need. If I don’t find hulls. . . we don’t eat. . . or pay rent. . . or get the necessary meds my family needs to block the excruciating pain they suffer from the dreaded nerve disease. Anyway, I found what I thought was a valuable metal asteroid. I don’t get credits for those. . . but when I posted it to the Mining Guild, the attacks started - my ...

A genetically designed plague has ravaged the birthplace of humanity, leaving millions of undead wandering the planet. But there is hope. An alien ally claims to have the cure. Captain Jayde Thrin and her mercenary crew volunteer to retrieve the antidote and do the job for free, but ruined planets, aliens with ulterior motives, and the threat of invasion will stretch the crew beyond anything they have ever known.

She signed up to chase criminals. Nobody mentioned she’d have to save an entire sector. Elara Fallon is a bounty hunter with a fast ship, a quicker mouth, and a healthy appreciation for getting paid. Alongside her dependable partner, Weston Wilde, she makes a living bringing in fugitives, dodging gunfire, and occasionally making decisions that seemed considerably smarter five minutes earlier. Then she gets a job that should be easy. Find Salomon First. Bring him in. Collect the bounty. Unfortunately, Salomon is a pajama-wearing, basement-dwelling disaster with an extraordinary memory and ...

Military Science-Fiction novel chronicles the adventures of StarSailor and extraordinary Helmsman Wilf Brim during an epoch of discord and outright war among various star-nations within a galaxy that could be a far-future version of the one in which we live. One of the few survivors of a League...

Drake and the crew are down on their luck after being ejected from the mercenaries guild. At this point, Drake will take on any job to keep the Talon in the black, even if it means working for a scumbag like Ellison. When you work with the riffraff of the multiverse nothing seems to go as planed. Still, the job was simple: get in, get the package, and go home. What could go wrong?

Captain Jayde Thrin and her mercenary crew return to Earth to find a lost cause. The government has given up on the planet and turned its focus to the war brewing at the edge of humanity’s borders. A small group of survivors are still on Earth fighting for survival and it’s up to Jayde and her crew to rescue them, but an army of undead and alien worshippers are all that stand in their way.

"Star Wars meets Dune!!!" "Six unlikely heroes who span a galaxy ruled by an oppressive empire." "Worlds like Dune but more of them. Magic like the Force only more expansive." "Embark on a breath-taking and heart-pounding ride across the galaxy. Force-like power. Starship battles, deception, and a rebellion!" In a galaxy at the edge of imagination. Six diverse characters share a strange dream: a figure composed only of shadow holding a pulsing red sun in its palm. Ruled by six masked councilmembers, the Northrite corporation exploits the powers of Elemiscists—those with magical abilities...

They ran out of places to hide. So they picked a place to stand. When a frontier colony no one will defend is marked for extermination, a mercenary captain must turn a fractious coalition of outlaws into a fleet — and hold the line against a hundred-to-one invasion. Six months after going rogue, Captain Kade Soren commands something he never asked for: forty-seven ships, a hundred captains with a hundred opinions, and a coalition called the Outriders that exists mostly on paper. They have no charter, no fleet doctrine, and no reason anyone should follow them. Then New Rhodesia calls. A ...

The truth made them fugitives. Now it might make them legends. Hunted, broke, and out of options, a mercenary crew takes a job that leads to a haunted derelict — and the buried truth that could ignite a rebellion three hundred years overdue. Three months on the run, Captain Kade Soren and the crew of the Hades Bloom are burning their last reserves escorting smugglers and ducking bounty hunters. So when a coded message offers a payout big enough to vanish on, Kade takes it — no questions, no leverage, no choice. The job leads to Haven-7: a ship graveyard wrapped around a derelict station...

Some people were born to follow the rules. Hana Rice was born to find out how fast she could get around them. She wanted a working hyperdrive. Instead, she got a target on her back. Hana Rice used to test spacecraft for a living. Now she’s a freelance bounty hunter with a broken hyperdrive, a bleeding bank account, and a talent for getting into trouble that costs considerably more than it pays. Her crew isn’t exactly textbook. There’s Alex, an ex-cop who knows exactly when things are about to go sideways, and Kitt, a heavily armed combat mech with an infuriating habit of pointing out ...

Six years later and the war is still far from over… Cut off from the bulk of the fleet for his own good, Nyren struggles with unsettling changes. But when one of his visions threatens the loss of Maddie and Vashala, Nyren takes matters into his own hands. Isolated from the war and its devastation, Davil fights an internal battle—living with the constant reminder of what will be his if the war turns in their favor. Safely tucked away behind allied forces, Sedri pushes himself harder than ever to produce a means to stop Admiral Ronn’s conquest.