Shattered Empire (Pruden)

Dark terrors await on the frontier of space... When disgraced young officer Hayden Kaine is exiled to an outdated military starship stationed on the fringes of the galaxy, his biggest worry is how he can rescue his career. But after the vessel is trapped in a quarantined star system, survival becomes his only concern. With the crippled ship hunted by a relentless enemy, Kaine unexpectedly finds himself thrust into the captain's seat; a role for which he is not ready, and which most of the surviving crew do not accept. While the enemy amasses an invasion force that will overwhelm the unsuspecting Confederation, Kaine must stave off a mutiny long enough to warn Earth of the danger. If he fails, the empire will fall and humanity will be doomed to extinction by a foe whose existence defies the laws of physics. If you love the science fiction works of Heinlein, Clarke or Asimov, try D.M. Pruden's rousing space opera adventure, Kaine's Sanction, the first book in the Shattered Empire series.

An empire has fallen... Civilization tears itself apart... But there is a way to restore it all... Ten years ago, the Malliac invasion was averted, but at the cost of humanity's interstellar transit network. Trapped at the edge of human occupied space, Hayden Kaine languishes in guilt and regret over his role in dooming a thousand worlds to permanent isolation. Then, after being lost for a decade, his old ship and crew mysteriously reappear, bringing with them an alien technology that could change everything. Kaine seizes the opportunity to rejoin his companions in the hope they can repair the damage that has been done, and restore the empire. But Scimitar holds the key to an even more valuable secret... One which is coveted by many powerful men... And places the lives of his companions in danger. With time running out, Kaine must decide who he can trust, otherwise, not only will his friends be doomed, but the galaxy will be plunged into a civil war that will cost billions of lives.

He only wanted to save humanity... They are coming... A scattered humanity has no defence... One last hope remains, but the cost may be too high... Human civilization is in chaos. With the collapse of the interstellar jump network the empire has no defence against the approaching Malliac horde. Hayden Kaine and the crew of the Scimitar discover an alien relic that offers one final hope... Faced with a terrible dilemma, they risk everything in a last ditch effort to prevent the extinction of humanity. But when everything goes horribly wrong, the existence of the universe itself may be the price to pay for meddling with technology beyond their understanding. Find out what happens in this thrilling space opera adventure.

His ship is lost and his crew is missing...Oberon is a world at war, torn apart by open rebellion. Hayden Kaine and his ship's human/AI hybrid, Cora, find themselves caught up in the planetary conflict when their ship, Scimitar, is destroyed, and they are marooned on the planet.But, is the ship really destroyed?Damaged in the crash of their escape pod, Cora claims to hear Scimitar calling to her across interdimensional space. Fearing that she is going mad, Kaine must cross rebel held territory to reach the government forces who can give him access to the technology he needs to save his only surviving friend.But he is conflicted when he learns the unsettling truth about the Confederation his family has served for generations.Torn between saving Cora and righting a wrong perpetrated on countless worlds, Hayden Kaine must make the most difficult decision of his life.Kaine's Rebellion is the fourth book in the Shattered Empire Series.

In the scorched remains of a post-apocalyptic world, cybernetically enhanced veteran Monk stands at the edge of oblivion-his failing augmentations and haunted past propelling him into one last daring quest. When a mysterious force awakens ancient alien technology beneath the ruins of Knossos, his solitary existence is shattered, and his mission morphs into a desperate bid to control a power that could either redeem humanity or obliterate it entirely. With every step steeped in danger and betrayal, the stakes are monumental: Can one man's fight against cold, unyielding tyranny unearth a future worth saving? D.M.(Doug) Pruden is a professional geophysicist who worked for 35 years in the petroleum industry. For most of his life he has been plagued with stories banging around inside his head that demanded to be let out into the world. He currently spends his time as an empty nester in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with his long suffering wife of 34 years, Colleen. When he isn't writing science fiction stories, he likes to spend his time playing with his granddaughters and working on improving his golf handicap. He will also do geophysical work when requested.

Mankind is doomed. Lurking at the fringes of human occupied space, a malevolent alien species prepares for an invasion that will overwhelm the unsuspecting Grand Terran Confederation. Hayden Kaine is a young officer on his first deep space mission aboard the UEF Scimitar. When the ship becomes trapped in a quarantined star system, Kaine and the crew become the only ones who can warn the Confederation. But first, they must survive an encounter with creatures whose very existence defies the laws of physics. So begins the saga which chronicles the fall of the Grand Terran Confederation, an empire that has lasted for five hundred years, and the chaos that rises to replace it. This omnibus edition contains the first three novels of the Shattered Empire series:Kaine's SanctionKaine's RetributionKaine's Reparation