Bringing down his ship was their biggest mistake…When Jason Grimshaw, First Commander of the Starship Bakura, leads a routine training mission to Colony 115, an unidentified alien vessel forces them to crash-land.Ensign Clio Evans is separated from her crew in the wreckage. She must re-join them if she stands any hope of surviving, but an alien army stands in her way.With the invaders hot on their heels, Grimshaw and Evans must find a way off the battle-scarred planet in time to warn the Galactic Council before the mysterious new race tears the Alliance asunder.Meanwhile, on the other side of the galaxy, Randis Kahn fights for survival on the lower levels of Sentinel Station. Caught between warring gangs and a political conspiracy, he must look to a past he would rather forget or lose everything he holds dear.

A ranger of the galaxy’s greatest wonder. An old-timer willing to take any measure to remain completely human. A desperate sergeant doing all she can to prevent the extinction of her endangered race. Meet these, and more, in this exciting sci-fi short story collection.

Locking him away was their first mistake. Trying to kill him will be their last.The Brink, home to the galaxy’s most dangerous criminals, isn’t where Special Agent Taza Arkona wants to be, especially since he put his share of them in there. A security incident sees him trapped on the wrong side of the bars.Escaping from the maximum-security prison should be impossible, even without the attention of dangerous inmates, a deadly assassin, and a sinister plot to overthrow the council. Time is running out for Taza and the entire human race. If his mission fails, the galaxy will go to war, and Earth will be first to fall.