The Grand Human Empire Books in Order

Jax Caruso survives with a fast ship, two droids, and whatever work keeps imperial attention away. A promising job becomes a moral test when he discovers that his well-paying client may have put him on the wrong side.

An overheard conversation turns Jax's celebration into a scavenger hunt across the empire. Eager to leave Kelso station and make money, he drags a reluctant Naomi into a search haunted by memories and possibilities from the past.

Jax and Naomi accept a job escorting Kelso station's governor to an imperial summit. Pursued by the Crimson Orchid over their earlier exploits, they soon draw another determined enemy when a mysterious imperial agent joins the chase.

Jax and Naomi agree to help a man they meet in a bar, then discover a powerful corporation considers him its property. Their unpaid rescue becomes a flight across the empire with a ruthless company determined to reclaim him.

Naomi's estranged parents ask for help, drawing her and Jax into a resistance operation against a secret imperial laboratory. As civil war begins, they must stop a project that could supply the emperor with limitless soldiers while protecting their passengers.

With their ship damaged and repair money scarce, Jax, Naomi, and Rudy join bounty hunter Ahmad Russ. A rare target could restore the Osprey, but the crew’s work and Resistance connections leave them with difficult choices.