Inheritance of the Fallen

To the wealthy, the Shikar Ring is the shining beacon of Humanity's triumph. For everyone else, it's a suffocating, crime-riddled hellscape.Avilena Carneiros once lived at the top wealth, power, and privilege were hers to command. But now, betrayed and forced into destitution after her family's murder, she is a shadow, scavenging to survive. When a Colonial Lottery ticket lands in her hands, everything changes with the chance of escape.Her dream is shattered when she's thrust into a deadly chase. Hunted by the relentless Internal Security Forces, while facing the looming threat of indentured servitude; Avilena must resurrect the cold, calculating persona she thought she'd left behind.Esperance is a pulse-pounding tale - Will Avilena find her freedom, or will the Ring crush her once and for all?

10,000 years ago, humanity was almost wiped out. Now they've returned to claim their inheritance.After a series of attacks by mysterious ships threatens the Imperium's plans to expand, the Admiralty sends out Kaia Marinoch to investigate. A newly minted Lieutenant Commander and one of the Imperium's first special forces Viper operatives-a blend of starship captain and commando-she is given the Imperium's most advanced warship and sent off to confront their enigmatic foes.From clashes with her XO to dealing with Admirals who want to scrap the V.I.P.E.R. Initiative, the maiden cruise of the warship SIN Assured is filled with more dangers to Kaia's career than just death.Still in mourning after the murder of her sister at the hands of pirates, Kaia must learn to temper her anger and prejudice against her non-Human Zahex crew as she battles competing pirates and corporate interests. She soon finds that things in the Opherian Expanse are not as expected. Now she just has to make it back alive!