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They saved the Galactic Commonwealth once. For free.
Apparently it's a thing they do now…
The crew of the Ghost has been privateering for the Harrith government. You know, the one they saved from civil war.
It's fun; stop pirates, smugglers and the like, and take their loot.
But nothing lasts forever. There's a bounty on their heads after all.
A call from an old friend has them leave the safety of the Harrith system.
No good deed, and all...
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The Crimson Orchid hasn't forgotten what Jax did to them on Jebidiah.
Everywhere he and Naomi turn, bespoke suited thugs are trying to kill them.
When the Governor of Kelso station hires them to take her to a summit on the Imperial homeworld of New Terra, it's the kind of straightforward job Jax likes.
Naomi has other ideas.
One thing leads to another and now it's not just the Crimson Orchid that is hot on their heels, but a mysterious Imperial...
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Sometimes the jobs are simple, deliver a crate.
Sometimes the crate is full of space bees and Bennie opens it. Gabe is back from his mission of leading a droid civil rights movement and seems to have been more or less successful. A new client approaches the crew, escort and protection detail for a summit. That sounds easy, and the pay is good. It turns out the Galactic Commonwealth is only partly run by the governing council.
Things, as they do,...
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Bennie strikes out on his own, temporarily. Not intentionally, the rest of the team is busy. He does have an apprentice now, so there's that.It's a long story. When Bennie took on the mantle of Knight of Plentallus he thought it'd be free food, ribbon cuttings, and cool toys. It is all that, but also, it turns out, a lot more. Nic, the young Olop girl he met when the team was aboard the Galactic Empress, wants to be a Knight of Plentallus.It's not...
6) Space Rogues
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He's been stranded beyond the stars for years. When he buys himself a down-and-out squad, he crash-lands into a whole galaxy of trouble...
Lone human Wil Calder is bored out of his freakin' mind. So when, he gets word of a couple of criminals being hauled to a penal colony, he figures he's got a sweet deal to offer: Join his crew and he'll help clear their names. But, he quickly finds he's bought a black hole of misfortune with the two disgraced...
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The first three books in the exciting Space Rogues series.
Wil Calder is an astronaut or rather was. He got lost, then picked up by pirates, then... well, a lot happens. Needless to say, he isn't an astronaut anymore. He's a smuggler, a privateer, bounty hunter and sometimes savior of the Galactic Commonwealth.
He and the crew of the Ghost can't seem to help finding themselves in the middle of things they aren't even remotely qualified to be in...
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Someone stole something.Something more dangerous than any weapon in existence. Something that the crew of the Ghost are far too familiar with and had hoped to never see again.The Commission to wind down the nightmare experiments of Farsight Corporation has been robbed, and it wasn't Wil and the crew. They're hired to recover the stolen data.They get help from two unlikely groups, one will betray them and the Galactic Commonwealth.Sometimes honor gets...
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At least it's not mechanical calamari! Wil and the crew of the Ghost have been hired as security consultants for the galaxy's newest, biggest, and most luxurious cruise ship's maiden voyage. Sounds perfect, relax in the lap of luxury on someone else's dime. Except, of course, that's not what happens. While a war rages on the outer edges of the Galactic Commonwealth, something more base is taking shape aboard the Galactic Empress. It's ok though, Bennie...
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Sometimes your customers are galactic mega-corporations.Sometimes your customers are Galactic Commonwealth Politicians.And sometimes your customers are drunks who find you in a bar.Those are the most exciting jobs.They're also the most dangerous and possibly the most rewarding.Find out what happens when the crew of the Ghost ventures to the outskirts of the Commonwealth on an epic quest.
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Sometimes it's good to get back to basics. For Wil and the crew, that means a heist!What are they stealing?Why?For whom?As they say, 'The galaxy laughs when we make plans.'Now it's a race against time to save the life of one of their own before their past fully catches up to them.With a little help from an old friend, they just might pull it off.
12) So This is Earth
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Wil never planned to go home again.Plans change.Hired by one of the most powerful people in the Galactic Commonwealth to retrieve someone from Earth, a protected planet. A planet that no one in the Galactic Commonwealth is allowed to approach let alone land onWil has reservations, the crew wants more bacon. They take the job.Get in, grab the target, get bacon, and get out.Easy right?Wrong!Things go downhill fast.While Wil has been off saving the galaxy...
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Hired to bring a tech team to a remote planet.
They had no idea what was waiting for them.
Wil and the crew of the Ghost show up to find a nearly deserted research outpost on a frozen world.
Nearly deserted…
Oh, and Maxim has been abducted and with the crew busy elsewhere there's only one being who can rescue him, Bennie.
What could go wrong? Will the crew of the Ghost reunite? Will they freeze on a desolate ice world?
There are monsters in...
14) Any Job Will Do
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Jackson "Jax" Caruso inherited a ship from his parents.
They're dead, they don't need it.
The unification wars happened a while ago, Jax's parent's fought for the losing side. Now he takes the jobs he can get; smuggling, bounty hunting, hauling cargo. If it pays, he'll do it.
When Jax is approached with a job that seems too good to be true, he should have known better, he should have walked.
He didn't.
Now he and a few friends are in it deep;...
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It's not polite to eavesdrop, but it can be profitable.What starts as a celebration of Jax's grounding being lifted, turns into an Empire-spanning scavenger hunt.Naomi hates scavenger hunts.Jax likes money. Plus he's been grounded for a month and wants, or rather needs to get away from Kelso station.What's at the end of the hunt? Ghosts. Ghosts and memories of what could have been.Do Jax and Naomi win the hunt? Only one way to find out!
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The day starts like any other, venturing into spider-bear territory to rescue Bennie's sister.
Turns out there's a lot of space that the Peacekeepers don't go near, go figure spider-bear territory is on that list.
And that's just the start of their adventure. Things get interesting, quick!
By interesting, I mean horrifying of course.
Their old friend Xarrix calls with a job. A job that sounds straightforward and easy. That should have been their...
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Join NASA, see the stars." They said. No one mentioned getting stranded in the outer solar system. They sure as heck didn't mention alien space pirates! Wil Calder is a human, the only one to leave our solar system. But that was years ago. Now, he's a lonely smuggler, looking for a crew, because space is lonely and boring. Just a few folks to boss around once in a while, is that so much? He's finally found two perfect candidates. First, he'll need...
18) The Behemoth Job
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The day starts like any other, venturing into spider-bear territory to rescue Bennie's sister. Turns out there's a lot of space that the Peacekeepers don't go near, go figure spider-bear territory is on that list. And that's just the start of their adventure. Things get interesting, quick! By interesting, I mean horrifying of course. Their old friend Xarrix calls with a job. A job that sounds straightforward and easy. That should have been their first...