Slip Runner

Cole Riker is a Slip Runner. A contractor tasked with finding alien salvage in exchange for credits. For an ex-smuggler like Cole, theres a catch: Dont break the terms of parole. That means doing things by the book. Find salvage, turn it in, get paid. But everything changes when a retrieval mission lands him in a previously unknown sector. There, he finds the material hes been sent to recover, along with something more.... A brand-new form of ancient alien life. Such a thing could change the entire Alliance, the Galaxy, and everything between, but most of all, it could change Cole's life for the better. A shift in humanitys future is at hand, and Cole is the one holding the key. He just has to survive long enough to use it. USA Todaybest-selling author J.N. Chaney and M.F. Lerma bring you a brand-new series. If you're a fan of traditional heroes and old school sci-fi, this is the story for you.

Cole Riker is a free man. Or close enough. He no longer has the weight of his past hanging over him, threatening to put him away for the rest of his days. All it took was finding an unknown alien lifeform and agreeing to escort it back to its homeworld. Except his newfound luck doesnt want to last. Gray doesnt remember how to get home, and all the evidence says his people abandoned him after an unknown threat came calling. And thats only the beginning. After Cole and his misfit crew are forcibly ejected from a collapsing slip tunnel, they find themselves in a different galaxy with no hope of getting back. That is, until they find something unexpected. One of Earths lost seed ships adrift in a sector thats never been mapped. There, they discover something even more impossible: survivors. Getting back on track should be as easy as convincing the 2,000-year-old passengers to fire up the engines and set a course for the nearest star system, but theres something insidious about the long lost seed ship. Its a little too perfect, and Cole will have to unearth more secrets before his chance to escape disappears completely. Warning: This book contains action, cussing, and general badassery. Listen at your own risk.

Renegades don't leave jobs half finished. Despite a warning to return home, Cole isn't about to leave his allies before their little slug infestation has been dealt with. This time, he plans to take the fight to them. Of course, when humans make plans, the powers that be just sit back and laugh. While traveling through slip space, a tunnel fractures. Elsewhere, a portal under lock and key mysteriously goes missing. Those two events are only the beginning. As more dominoes begin to fall, Cole and his team are forced to make a choice. Go home, or work alone in a hostile system to finish their task. One thing is painfully clear: someone is working against them. Trying to get them out of the way but hasn't taken a lethal approach. Whoever is responsible sticks to the shadows, and Cole can't focus on them without taking his eye off what's most important. Chaos reigns supreme, but what else is new?

Home at last. Cole and his crew have finally made it back to the Sol System, but that doesn't mean their work is done. The key to stopping Noth lies somewhere in human space, and the former Renegade aims to find it. Unfortunately, dissension is brewing. Fueled by greed and the desire to expand their territories once again through open conflict, a group calling themselves the Separatists are plotting an insurrection. They threaten to destroy humanitys hard-won peace by dividing the united factions and restoring disorder to the galaxy. It should be an issue for the government to handle. Cole has bigger problems to deal with, like a nightmare god who has his sights set on those he blames for an unjust imprisonment. After facing off with powerful enemies in faraway galaxies, human conflict is nothing, and Cole figures this last job will be a piece of cake. But, as any Renegade knows, it's never that easy. Sometimes a man looks around and sees humans but no humanity. Despite all the lessons learned, it becomes clear that the enemy will do anything to win. Violence begets violence, but the path to light is often shrouded in darkness. To save everyone, Cole and his people might just have to tap into their own dark sides.

The End is Nigh. Noth, humanity's greatest threat, has awoken and he's out for blood. So is Cole and his merry crew of misfits. They have the means to get it, too. Sort of. Their weapon might not be fully functional, but it just needs a power boost. How hard can it be? Pretty freaking hard, as it turns out. Especially when their enemies will do anything to stop them. When someone close to the crew is murdered and Cole is framed for the deed, things only get more complicated. Under the circumstances, that problem should be put on the backburner, but nothing is ever as it seems. Cole will always be a Renegade. He aims to save the galaxy, even if it means dying. Again. Both sides are vying for victory. Both have everything to lose. In a war between mortals and gods, who will come out on top? Join Cole and his friends on their last journey in the Slip Runner series to find out.