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Chinese forces occupy Seattle and Tacoma while nuclear threats limit America's response. A downed Navy pilot, a retired SEAL, and Army Rangers face an invasion whose consequences extend far beyond the cities under enemy control.

China invades Seattle while using nuclear blackmail to keep the United States from defending Taiwan. A Navy fighter pilot and a retired SEAL become caught in the opening stages of a war fought on American soil.

Wizard investigator Dantes Ghorza pursues a thief who has stolen the queen's crown. When his quarry escapes through a magical mirror into an unfamiliar world, Ghorza follows, turning a royal investigation into a journey beyond his home.

After the war with China, Navy pilot Shawn Calvin Hobbs encounters aliens seeking a human crew for an ancient cruiser. Their request draws him into an interstellar conflict involving another alien race and a threat to Earth.

An enemy scout discovers the stargate leading to Earth's solar system, exposing humanity to the Drakuls. Calvin and his allies must defend their home against overwhelming odds with a fleet whose strongest battleship may still be insufficient.

Calvin returns from an interstellar mission with advanced technology but without the allies Earth needs. Building a fleet requires another journey into space, where discoveries about humanity's past challenge familiar accounts of gods and ancient history.

An enemy alliance prepares for Ragnarok across parallel universes, threatening Earth and its counterpart. Calvin and the Vella Gulf crew face opponents armed with advanced technology as the conflict expands beyond the boundaries of their own universe.

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Calvin's discovery of a mysterious rod leads to a new challenge involving ancient alien technology. With Aesir ships being destroyed, he must seek help while trying to understand the significance of the object and the test it presents.

Calvin remains with the Ssselipsssiss as the Shaitans threaten the few planets they still hold. The Vella Gulf seeks help against an enemy operating across universes, while the danger of war reaching Earth continues to grow.

After twenty years serving the Alliance, Benno Sanchez faces an invasion by the Terran Union and leaders unwilling to act. His daughter Mio confronts dangers of her own as both must choose how to resist.

Game design students Ryan Johnson and Noah Bowden climb the rankings in a virtual world of battling war machines. Fatal accidents involving elite gamers and mysterious visitors to their dorm suggest the competition has consequences beyond the screen.

A trap involving the Progenitors' rod brings Calvin into contact with an ancient enemy. Faced with demands to help destroy other civilizations, he must find a way to resist opponents capable of disabling his technological advantages.

The Vella Gulf travels into the past seeking technology to fight an enemy. Calvin's negotiations at Margath become complicated by an angry emperor, destroyed warships, and the possibility that the mission will take far longer than expected.

Bjorn returns to a ruined Bear Town and a damaged mercenary company after the Omega War. As rival institutions battle over the galaxy's currency, he pursues those responsible for his father's death while considering an unusually lucrative offer.

With mercenary contracts suspended after the Omega War, the Golden Horde sends Spartan to seek advanced technology on the SalSha homeworld. His mission with Thorb also involves recruitment and political recognition, drawing them into competing guilds' hidden maneuvering.

Lieutenant Sunshine searches for a Peacemaker to deliver a message left by the fallen Kakata Korps. Unable to locate it inside her damaged combat armor, she fights to honor her comrades before an unexpected distress call changes her mission.

Surviving Depik assassins have spent years rebuilding after their people chose death over enslavement and invaders seized their homeworld. Now, with allies beside them, they prepare to reclaim Khatash and confront those responsible for their losses.

Humans and Wrogul share a prosperous colony on Azure, but suspicious ocean activity and sabotage deepen existing mistrust. An arriving inspection force threatens both communities, forcing them to consider whether their partnership can survive a common enemy.

Calvin Hobbs and the crew of the Vella Gulf travel into the past only to discover the technology they need does not exist. They must build a fighting force and defeat their enemy there before its overwhelming numbers prevail.

Taylor Van Zant loses a lucrative contract to a rival mercenary company, then learns that half its members never returned. Setting aside the competition, he takes a small Swamp Eagle force to investigate their disappearance and enters the Guild Wars.

Destroying a slave ring leaves Swamp Eagle Security targeted by the synthetic intelligence whose mine was lost in the operation. Taylor joins Sansar's effort to eliminate it, facing a vast fleet and an enemy capable of controlling its opponents.

Joel Lyons, a former restaurant owner, leads his mercenary company through a fight for survival. With Lyoness endangered and Peepo's forces a continuing threat, the Lyons must recover from defeat and return to the struggle for freedom.

Tald becomes the first SalSha candidate for the Peacemakers while planet-destroying ships threaten an expanding conflict. Opposition from his father and the search for missing Veetanho complicate efforts to face a danger that demands unlikely allies.

Sixteen science fiction stories explore unfamiliar worlds, alien races and conflicts driven by technology. The collection includes Kat’s adventures alongside tales set in the Four Horsemen, Theogony and Salvage Title universes, with leaders facing difficult odds.

Abducted by alien slavers, romance writer Jack Taylor wakes far from Earth with mercenary work as his only viable future. With no combat experience and an implanted leveling system, he must learn to survive before he can get home.

Hellen, Andrew and Jayme prepare to carry the war into Algarian territory despite devastating losses to their forces. They must defeat the enemy quickly enough to reclaim their stolen throne and free their brother from the usurper’s control.

Sixteen years after a coup killed their parents, the four scattered Kotaro heirs must reunite to reclaim the Star Kingdom of Narantea. With the usurper’s enforcers hunting them, finding one another across a vast galaxy becomes their first challenge.

Three reunited Kotaro siblings postpone reclaiming their throne as the Algarians threaten to destroy their kingdom. A secret wormhole offers a way to strike behind enemy lines, but their mercenary force must succeed before civil war becomes unavoidable.

As the Final Herald, Jack Taylor faces the culmination of the war against the galaxy consuming Void Feeders. With hostile cultists still active and the Master Intelligence opposing him, his allies must survive a conflict that threatens every inhabited world.

Now a Level Five mercenary, Jack Taylor must unite engineered races against the expanding Void Feeder invasion. A powerful mech could help turn the tide, but finding someone who can make it operational becomes another urgent obstacle.

A surprise Void Feeder attack sends Jack Taylor and his squad on a mission to activate three distant ancient nexus points. They have little time to complete the task before the Helios Cluster and its billions of inhabitants are consumed.

Jack Taylor gathers the Heralds for a desperate stand against the Void Feeders. As the Shepherd and his cultists add another threat, the Level Seven mercenary must turn an assembled alliance into a force capable of saving the galaxy.

Jack Taylor has one month to gather seventeen Heralds and activate the Forge of Aion against the Void Feeders. The Heralds are scattered across the galaxy, and three of their races are extinct, making the mission seem impossible.

Alien abductee Jack Taylor reaches Level Three while trying to protect Earth and find his way home. A second human in his squad brings new responsibilities as combat training, uneasy alliances and powerful enemies complicate his mission.

Jack Taylor trains as a Level Two mercenary, hoping to return to Earth and protect the people he left behind. The possibility of piloting mechs offers an advantage, but the Phantom Legion’s hunt for humans reveals a dangerous conspiracy.