That is the kind of problem best left to the soldiers. The politicians. The people who know stuff.
Sloane Tarnish knows plenty of stuff. Unfortunately, it's not the kind of stuff that'll do the galaxy any good. She's used to the kind of shots you drink, not the ones you fire off because there's an enemy on your tail.
But in a bizarre twist of what-the-freaking-hell, her outlaw uncle inexplicably ditches his spaceship, along with his misfit crew. Which wouldn't be Sloane's issue, except that he also locked the spaceship to her DNA. If she doesn't approve the next destination, Moneymaker stays put.
She never wanted a spaceship. She still doesn't. But she can't get back to her real life until she finds her uncle.
Problem 1: the ship's too broken to leave the most dangerous system in the galaxy, where a recent power vacuum is turning the place into one orbiting cluster of fugitives, thugs, and swindlers.
Problem 2: when she sets her sights on a bounty with a reward that will solve all her problems, the Commander of the Galactic Fleet himself shows up in pursuit of the same man. The last thing Sloane needs is to get tangled in a web of galactic politics–but she won't let her prize go, either. The payoff is just too big to give up.
But as dangers close in on all sides, she can't help wondering if she'll live to claim her prize… This Special Edition paperback includes:
Book 1, Chaos Zone Book 2, Bounty War Book 3, Traitor Game Three Parse Galaxy Short Stories: "Highly Irregular," "Technically Lucky," & "Questionably Merry" Galaxy Map Sloane Character Art
Kate Sheeran Swed loves hot chocolate, plastic dinosaurs, and airplane tickets. She has trekked along the Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu, hiked on the Mýrdalsjökull glacier in Iceland, and climbed the ruins of Masada to watch the sunrise over the Dead Sea. She holds degrees in music from the University of Maine and Ithaca College, as well as an MFA in Fiction from Pacific University. Her stories are forthcoming or have appeared in the Young Explorer's Adventure Guide Volume 5, Daily Science Fiction, Electric Spec, and Andromeda Spaceways. You can find her on Twitter @katesheeranswed.