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It’s funny, but after piloting a transport by myself for a couple days, landing on an abandoned station, and almost getting eaten by said station, I was completely exhausted by the time Mila and I rejoined the group of evacuees.

I took a spot by the wall, and she joined me. And for a few minutes we just kind of sat there, watching the others. Ford ignored our return, which was just as well. I might’ve punched the guy just for saying hello.

Mila was watching one of the groups in particular,...

Stomping away from pretty-boy Ford felt good for about three seconds. I’ll nurse a grudge, no doubt about that; there’s no use forgiving people who don’t deserve it, in my opinion.

Still, it only took a few steps into the darkness for me to realize that storming away from the safety of the group— when we were stranded in an unknown station with unknown dangers—was a pretty childish move.

Yes, I was tired to the point of deliriousness, and I’m sure that played into my temper tantrum. But mo...

Your denial came in so quickly, Colonel, I’m inclined to think you didn’t read the full report. But okay.

So much for keeping an open mind.

We reached Ross’s coordinates at 2100 Alliance time, and I’m at a bit of a loss to describe what we found here. Let’s call it a space station, though I’ll be damned if I’ve ever seen one like it. Scanners estimate it at half the size of Mandel’s smaller moon, which makes the diameter close to a hundred kilometers. Only it’s just hanging out here in the...

My ankle really was smarting as I ran for the kid, ready to tackle him to the tarmac and throw him over my shoulder if that was what it took to get him back to the damn transport. The passenger who’d gone after him was behind me, but even with that massive backpack strapped to him, he caught up after a few steps. Natural sprinter, I guess.

A hurricane of fire burst across the airfield at our backs, igniting the surrounding field, and I glanced over my shoulder to see if the transport was stil...

Retired heroes still need to pay the bills.

That’s what I tell the passengers who board Transport XF-45 every day when they catch sight of me in the pilot seat.

Kay Braithwaite! they say. No way! and then, inevitably, what are you doing here?

Not sure where they’d expect to find me. Hiding in a desert cave like a hermit, maybe. Or sipping wine in some grand estate.

I could tell them it’s just that I love flying, and that’d be true enough. But it’s hard to love a clunker like the XF-4...

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Thrust into a leadership role as humankind establishes a new home base in the stars, Kay Braithwaite would rather be piloting a fighter in the war than shelving books in the dusty old space station the survivors have salvaged to ensure humanity’s future. But there are plenty of dangers lurking in a decades-old station, and abundant mysteries that need solving…

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It’s going to be free.

It’s going to tie in with the new ...

Chaos Zone’s release date is quickly approaching, so I wanted to share a quick sample with you! Chapter one is pasted below — but you can also click here to download a full five-chapter sample. No need to provide an email address or anything like that — just download and enjoy!

Sloane didn’t know who had named this place, only that Shard was a poetically appropriate title for a cursed sliver of ground like this one. A leftover from an obliterated planet, Shard had somehow spro...

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Following spies was a new gig for Vin, but he was pretty sure they didn’t usually take coffee breaks. And even if they did, they definitely didn’t take them at Ve Station.

Nonetheless, Vin found himself tailing a Fleet spy through gem-encrusted corridors, trying his best to ignore the way people’s eyes widened at the sight of his clothing. Which wa...