Blaming Renhahnu for his troubles, he wants blood, and he’ll stop at nothing to get it. When he learns that the Hellchasers have arrived, Marrek takes matters into his own hands. But when opportunity knocks, they answer, even though it means a return to Arduna to serve as low-paid security guards. Marrek and his lone surviving pack mate escaped from Arduna with a group of sick Altar colonists. She knows better than to ask questions, especially with so many credits on the line, and-after learning that her rival Marrek’s company failed to hold the city against another mercenary threat-she’s all in. After a disastrous mission where the majority of her Hellchasers company was destroyed, Renhahnu accepts a mission bankrolled by the Dream World Consortium to recover New Joy City on the planet Arduna. At least some of them do.Īs the Guild War spreads, two rival Zuul mercenary commanders find themselves not only at odds with each other, but with a duplicitous corporation with sinister intentions.
The Galactic Union’s most capable enforcers, they elicit fear and awe among the Union’s citizenry. Neither of them can imagine the enemies they face, from outside of the Assured … and from within it.Peacemakers. Neither of them can anticipate how much their goals and desires will be thwarted. And Peacekeeper Chipper Tukimatu finds himself embarking on an important recon mission, hoping to avoid further violence. Meanwhile, Xerxian soldier Ana Jogianto labors to shed her past and embrace DCHC values. What they find there will test their mettle and their morality … When Domain Space ask Assured for transport to a nearby star system to investigate the existence of yet another intelligent species, Gregory and Pan agree. And the ship still suffers the after-effects of the viral attack on its systems. Captain Pan Xinchun recommends leaving the Tluaanto to their own petty squabbles. Ambassador Chris Gregory remains keen to broker peace. While the Assured and its crew recover from the short-lived conflict around the Tluaan homeworld, there is disagreement amongst its senior mission staff. In the cold remote depths of space, lies can be deadly. There are many liars aboard the starship Assured.
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