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When an ancient evil threatens the galaxy, all that stands in the way is a bounty hunter with a plan… but no plan survives contact with the enemy. Jack walks right into a trap, inadvertently giving the Predecessor Cult exactly what they want; the means to unleash a devastating new weapon. Without immediate and decisive action, death and destruction will wash across the entire galaxy, wiping out human and Tahni alike. A threat of this magnitude cannot be thwarted by a lone bounty hunter.

To do the right thing isn’t always to do the easy thing, and for Commonwealth Ranger, Antonin Murdock, that’s a lesson he’s learning the hard way. After the cataclysmic battle with Sanyo Baretto’s forces, the true architect of the Pirate Wars emerges from the shadows. Now, Murdock’s on the run. Baretto’s pirates are as cunning as they are resourceful, the Commonwealth Fleet is a titanic juggernaut, and both are closing in fast. With few friends left, it’s a good thing the ones he does have are the best.

As the Commonwealth reels from the devastating losses at the Battle of Coracaesium, Ranger Antonin Murdock is determined to track down the source of Sanya Baretto’s top-of-the-line weapons. The first problem? The one man who knows where is a ruthless crime lord; someone as brutal as he is unpredictable. And that’s just the start of a hunt, which will propel Murdock from the murky underbelly of Commonwealth space to beyond its frontier. And when there, amid the largest battle since the Tahni War, Murdock will confront a harsh truth.

Two years after the end of the Psi War, Caleb Mitchell is Emperor in all but name, leading his armies on a crusade to cleanse the colony worlds and Earth itself of the last of the psionic madmen known as the Changed. But the citizens of the Commonwealth weren't the only ones devastated by the war; the criminal cartels in the Pirate Worlds are in chaos, their trade cut off, their resources running out. A young warlord named Amos Dobrev rises up to unite the cartels into a union they call the Syndicate. 

Das Ende ist nah … Cameron Alvarez und die Besatzung der Orion sind den Suchern auf den Fersen und folgen der Fraktion der Uralten auf ihrer Suche nach der Quelle der Skrela-Plage. Aber die Besatzung steht kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch, und ihr Kommandant, Colonel Hachette, hat diesen Punkt längst überschritten. Der Tod von Sergeant Major Campbell hat ihn erschüttert und jetzt ist er unfähig, seine Leute zu führen. Der Einzige, der noch in der Lage und bereit ist, das Kommando zu übernehmen, ist Cam.

Sure, men fight for their beliefs, their country, and their ways of life. And often times the battles are hard fought and devastating. But more often than not, the outcome is decided by who has the better gear.

Ripley facing down the Xenomorph Queen. Sarah Connor fighting the Terminator. David Weber’s Honor Harrington. Science fiction novels and the silver screen are full of badass women kicking butt and taking names. Sometimes it’s the momma bear persona stepping up to defend her young, but, other times, she’s just the meanest one standing—bionic arm or not!