Dewey Tyler, Orphan Corps

A distress call changes everything. The ship Dewey's platoon is on responds to the signal. They jump to another solar system A supposedly unoccupied system. There they find a smuggler's ship. All its systems are failing. Fortunately, the Hospitallers have arrived in time. But they are not alone. Now, under attack, their jump drive broken, the Hospitallers are in trouble and running out of options. There's a planet, Wenshen, in the system. But, as Dewey knows, Wenshen isn't just unoccupied, it's acidic atmosphere makes it inhospitable to humans. Their choices are few. They can stay in space, and die. Or, they can land on Wenshen and die there. But if anyone can find a solution to impending death, it's the Hospitaller Orphan Corps. Suit up. Strap in. It's going to be a wild ride.

In Kaggen, the past is forbidden. Lieutenant Dewey Tyler thought the worst was behind him when his team escaped the wreckage of their ship. But stranded in an uncharted system, they discover a society that believes it is alone in the galaxy-and a king who intends to keep it that way. Survival was a fleeting victory. As Dewey and his Hospitallers search for a way to reconnect with the outside universe, they find themselves entangled in a web of secrets, power struggles, and forbidden histories. Not everyone welcomes the truth. Some will kill to preserve the lie.Yet silence has a cost.In a place where knowledge is dangerous and survival means choosing sides, Dewey faces a stark question: how do you spark hope in a world built on forgetting?For readers who enjoy stories about isolated societies, hidden political forces, and the dangerous power of memory and history. Earl T. Roske is a San Francisco Bay area writer. He lives with his wife, daughter, a silly poodle, and two neurotic cats.