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La Renegade Star è bloccata, con i motori distrutti, circondata dall'ignoto. Mentre galleggia nello spazio, la nave riceve uno strano messaggio da un pianeta vicino che la mette in guardia: tenersi alla larga, o pagarne le conseguenze. Quando nel messaggio viene menzionata l'appartenenza di quel mondo alla Terra, la culla perduta dell'umanità, il capitano Jace Hughes sa di non avere altra scelta se non cercare di scoprire di più. Con una tempesta di neve senza fine, bestie assetate di sangue e nessuna traccia di colonie o persone, la missione non sarà facile.

Le Renegade Star est perdu. Son générateur est à plat. Il est coincé au beau milieu de nulle part. Alors que l' équipage dérive dans le vide de l'espace, ils reçoivent un étrange message venu d'une planète non loin qui les avertit de passer leur chemin, sans quoi ils en subiront les conséquences. Lorsque la transmission mentionne que ce monde appartient en réalité à la Terre, le berceau oublié de l'humanité, le capitaine Jace Hugues n'a plus d'autre choix que d'aller enquêter.

Jace Hugues est un renégat. Cela implique d'accepter tous les contrats qu'on lui propose, quelle que soit la situation. Tant que son vaisseau peut voler, il est libre de mener sa vie comme il l'entend. Tout change quand il rencontre Abigail Pryar, une bonne sœur qui cherche à quitter le système sous escorte. Mais il y a quelque chose qui cloche avec la cargaison qu'elle transporte.

È la sua ultima operazione prima del pensionamento e Patrick "Wic" Finnegan viene spedito sugli altipiani ghiacciati di Ellsworth. L'unica ragione per cui ha accettato? Deve un favore a un vecchio amico ma questo non vuol dire che lo faccia volentieri. Quando Wic finalmente vede ciò che la squadra di ricercatori ha scoperto, non può credere ai propri occhi: una tempesta furibonda si sta per scatenare sulla Terra.

Jace Hughes ist ein Abtrünniger–ein Renegade. Er nimmt fast jeden Job an, der sich ihm bietet, egal um was es geht. Geschäft ist Geschäft. Denn solange er sein Schiff am Laufen hält, kann er nach seinen eigenen Regeln leben. Doch das ändert sich, als er auf Abigail Pryar trifft. Eine Nonne, die nach einem sicheren Weg aus dem Sternensystem sucht.

Nachdem Captain Jace Hughes und seine Crew mit ihrem Schiff, der Renegade Star, nur knapp den Häschern der Union entkommen konnten, machen sie sich auf den Weg ins Unbekannte. Sie gelten als entflohene Verbrecher, für sie gibt es keinen Weg zurück. Doch noch ist nicht alles verloren. Durch Lex, ein sonderbares Mädchen mit einer außergewöhnlichen Gabe, wurde der Weg zur Erde enthüllt. Die Erde … bis dahin nur ein Mythos, der wertvolle Schätze, verlorengegangene Technologien und endlose Geheimnisse verheißt.

Dopo essere sfuggiti all'Unione e all'Impero sarkoniano, Jace e il suo equipaggio sono partiti alla ricerca della Terra. Con l'aiuto della Titan, la loro nuova base operativa, Jace sente di poter avere una possibilità. Sempre che riescano a superare i due eserciti che gli stanno alle calcagna e a sopravvivere in una galassia che li vuole morti. Non esattamente una passeggiata, ma nessuno ha mai detto che essere un Ribelle sia facile.

Il viaggio alla ricerca della Terra è iniziato. Dopo essere sfuggita per un soffio alle grinfie dell'Unione, la Renegade Star parte verso territori sconosciuti. Ogni membro del suo equipaggio è un fuggitivo ricercato. Nessuno di loro potrà mai tornare a casa. Ma non tutto è perduto. Grazie a Lex, una strana ragazzina con un dono straordinario, la rotta che porta alla Terra è stata rivelata.

Jace Hughes è un ribelle. Deve però accettare quasi ogni incarico gli venga offerto, a prescindere dalla situazione. Finché riesce a tenere in volo la sua navicella, è libero di vivere la vita che vuole. Ma tutto cambia quando Jace incontra Abigail Pryar, una suora alla ricerca di un passaggio sicuro fuori dal sistema. Peccato che il carico che Abigail sta trasportando contenga qualcosa di strano.

The colony ship Boone has launched for the planet Amir. Two more ships, hidden in a secret base in Africa, hasten their own plans to leave Earth as global war spirals toward a terminal doomsday. But RUPAC forces are seeking to prevent further launches, and in order to escape, Jack Hughes—Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman turned private military contractor—and his team of contractors must fight against local terrorist militias, RUPAC regulars…and the deep fear that everything and everyone they're fighting for is on the verge of annihilation.

Admiral Jack Romanoff and his crew are trapped inside the Confederation proper and facing an unknown number of alien attack ships. They’d thought the Tardan military was defeated, but they’d been wrong. Now they were trapped in a fight they couldn’t lose.

Awash with loss and surrounded by enemies, Van and his crew are faced with the same challenge Mark Tudor dealt with decades earlier. Does Van accept the crown and become a Master?

After saving an Inquisitorial Acolyte, Hank must choose what to do next and the decision will have grave ramifications. Knowing that the Acolyte can be a great asset, Hank cautiously agrees to help her in exchange for information and connections. To do so, he is going to need to sneak onto the capitol planet of the Consortium, and that is no easy task. Only with the aid of some underworld connections will Hank be able to achieve his goal.

The Amazon rainforest holds a world-changing secret—a ship lost to time from another world. College student Will Kaufman unearthed the biggest archaeological discovery in human history… he just needs to find a way back to Earth to tell people about it. Four thousand years ago, a Federation bounty hunter Void ship crashed on a remote and primitive planet. There it remained until Will found it and accidentally reactivated it, launching him light-years away.

Charlie Travers didn’t ask to be the leader of a rebellion…but no one else wanted the job. Now that he’s gathered an army and armed them with the deadliest starfighter ever made, the legendary Vanguards, he just needs one more thing: someone who knows how to fly the things. Unfortunately, no one has been behind the stick of a Vanguard in hundreds of years, since the end of the war that threw the galaxy into chaos. Their only hope lays in the legends of a crashed ship, a fighter crew frozen in stasis for centuries.

Admiral Jack Romanoff and his people have begun the liberation of Vesuvius from the xenophobic Novarites, but even something that straightforward is difficult. The enemy outnumbers them, and removing the threat won’t be easy. Worse, they are killing humans in job lots, so time is of the essence.

Not every visitor to or from Earth has good intentions, and the Peacemakers are faced with an uncomfortable reality. The Earth is about to meet aliens. Some of the aliens are bringing goods to trade. And among those items are weapons. When a secret cabal of humans who want to exploit the Earth is revealed, Van has to decide how and where to fight this threat. Along the way, he reveals a secret history that began in the Great War—and ends with mass chaos on his home planet.

Hank Spears has left the simple life of a scrapper behind. He now begins the investigation into Codename: Extinction. But when things go wrong from the start, Hank must find a way to save his friend by enlisting the help of some unusual allies. With every step, the Inquisition is hot on his heels and closing in on Hank. If he plans on saving the universe, he is going to have to gather a crew, get his ship up to snuff and shake the enemies off his back.

With war afoot, James Sutton and Will Johnson are tasked with chasing down the Cowlee stealth ship that has the coordinates to Earth. If the ship makes it back to the Cowlees’ home world, life as we know it will end. Meanwhile, Holly Sutton is ready to attempt the jungle warfare school on Salchan. But when it doesn’t go as planned, she’ll be lucky to escape the swamps with her life.

Disturbing the established order will mean kicking over a fair number of rocks, although Mark, Valint, and the others might be surprised by what scurries forth underneath—and what uniform it's wearing when it steps into the light. Mark Tudor will make the title Peacemaker mean something once again, but to do that, he'll have to face the worst the galaxy has to offer. Death waits in the quiet moments. And sometimes, it is a soldier's loved ones that pay the greatest price.