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The Sol Federation Marine Corps vessel S&R Black was sent to recover an ancient derelict from the farthest edge of the Sol system. What they found could spell the end of humanity. Days after escaping the derelict ship Mira and Pluto’s destruction, Black Company is pulled from stasis hours at Trident Station, only to discover the solar system has gone silent. Nearly empty on both ammunition and fuel reserves, taking refuge at the silent, apparently dead station is their only choice.

Zilfaquir is having a bad day. Shin-Sho Corporation dispatched his emergency engineering team (EET) to the remote ice planet, Xiao 2, to investigate a communications blackout. The Xiao 2 facility, composed of three subsurface ocean stations, awaits his team below hundreds of meters of ice and kilometers underwater. Upon arrival, he discovers the Xiao 2 facility has experienced an epidemic, leaving most of the station’s personnel either dead or dying. Or transforming. Worse, the stations are in danger of imploding due to sabotage.

Famed sorceress and military captain, Shirakaya, explores vast regions of an alternate universe. On a particularly hazardous mission, an ancient alien race, exiled eons before, attack her intergalactic spacecraft. The body count rises as Shira struggles to defeat the formidable enemy and to convince the galaxies the malevolent species has returned and their mayhem will engulf the entire Ensar universe.

Athena is sent to Mars on a secret mission to help capture a war criminal responsible for the deaths of thousands. He is hiding on the Planet Mars. Athena has family she had never met on the Red Planet. This is her chance to visit them. The Cabal has given the fugitive shelter and is plotting to rule. Mysteries and plots abound as Athena discovers the meaning of her inheritance.

In this definitive conclusion to the Peacekeeper series, Xander Martin and The Calyster return from the galactic center, successful in their previous mission. The war with the Zalu Empire continues to rage across the galaxy, and the crew of The Calyster has no doubt that they will be sent on another wild mission. When the order for that wild mission inevitably arrives, The Calyster sets off at once. But they do not know that this mission will have unexpected consequences, consequences that will change the face of the galaxy forever.

The Terran Republic is in a state of brutal war. The discovery of the Zalu nanite superweapon, a weapon that is able to clandestinely acclimate entire civilizations into subjugation and slavery, has sent shockwaves of panic across the galaxy. In an act of desperation, Terran Command has ordered the crew of the Calyster to contact a sect of Eranians who have long since been expelled from Eranian Union space.

The events on Takalu have changed the Terran Republic forever. The admittance of the Eranian Union into the republic, a civilization that was the equal of the republic in every single conceivable way, is a testament to this fact. The existence of the Zalu superweapon was uncovered thanks to the efforts of the Calyster and her crew, and when the weapon is deployed against the republic, the crew of the Calyster is quickly called back into service, as the republic finds herself at war with the Zalu Empire.

For millions of years, the ark flotilla wandered through inter-galactic space until it reached a new galaxy, and, eventually, a new world. Father, the Artificial Intelligence tasked with ensuring the safety of the ark flotilla and the human embryos and gametes aboard, named this new world Takali, and he terraformed it until it could sustain human life.

Fresh off a stunning victory thwarting an alien conspiracy to eradicate the people of Earth, Kyr Syzygy and his crew are enjoying a brief respite when they receive a mysterious summons to the planet Krogon from the enigmatic Prophet. Unable to let curiosity wane, Kyr and crew embark on what seems to be a mundane journey. By the time they reach the Prophet, however, Kyr's reputation for galactic troublemaking has grown, and the consequences of his actions are quick to greet him.

The mission to New Ontario isn't going as planned. Scott Anderson walked ten paces onto the new world and disappeared from radio contact. Not knowing Scott’s fate but fearing the worst, Captain Sally Buds embarks on a rescue mission that risks her life and that of her pilot, Ian Merryfield. There, Sally and Ian uncover a chilling reality. Something terrible has happened on New Ontario.

Kyr Syzygy never thought himself a hero. He was content working as a prospector, skimming a little of the profits, and mostly living a happy-go-lucky existence. When his luck finally catches up to him, Kyr finds himself on the run and in a race against time to save his one and only friend — a 16-year old genius navigator nicknamed Wormie. Fortunately for Kyr, a robot called Six is also on the run, and when the two team-up they learn that they make a formidable duo.

A heavy equipment operator discovers an artificial cave while cutting blocks from a limestone quarry. He plans to investigate alone, but an archaeology student bullies him into letting her join his underground foray. The two declare an uneasy truce when an ancient installation that predates humans unexpectedly sends them through a wormhole to another planet—one with creatures from Earth’s past.

As the Masters ascend upon Earth, Mitch and his companions race across dimensions in a desperate attempt to stop Mother and her plan. The Emperor is coming; will Mitch find the courage to change the fate of the multiverse, or will he be lost in oblivion? Find out in the stunning conclusion of the series.

In 2271, space is anything but empty. Exoplanet settlements drive a constant demand for new colonists and unending trade. But the dangers of interstellar expansion are many. With responsibility for everything from chasing pirates to fixing broken spacecraft, Lieutenant Wyatt Wills doesn't understand his latest orders: Perform a covert reconnaissance mission to Juliet, home to 20 million people and humanity's largest presence beyond Earth.

Before the fateful mission to Takalu, The Calyster was just another Peacekeeper cruiser out of hundreds of thousands. No one knew her name, much less her crew. Assigned to the frontier, The Calyster was tasked by Terran Command to help root out a pirate syndicate that was proving particularly stubborn in terms of its destruction. It is said that legends are made, not born. Will this be the mission that gives birth to a legend?