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Under attack by the Basma:

Terig dashed into engineering two steps ahead of Nako. The smoke within was thick, burning the Nobek’s throat, but the suppression system had already put out the fire.

              More distressing than the clouds of gray blinding him and the irritation of breathing the shit was the noise. The sirens continued to wail, but they were musical compared to the earsplitting whine coming from the engine compartments. It sounded as if only one of the four neared explosive overload, but one was all it would take to rip the raider apart.

              At least the damned noise would stop. Terig thought his ears must be bleeding.

              He vaulted over two bodies on his way to the computer bank a few feet from the entrance. Through the gloom of smoke, he saw the vids flickering and homed in on them. Seconds later, his fingers flew over key commands. Next to him, Nako worked as furiously. If he gave orders, Terig had no way of hearing them. The shrieking engine drowned everything out.

              His readouts were useless, unable to tell Terig which engine had been hit. The computer responded to nothing he tried.

              Terig gave up and waded through smoke and bodies to reach the bank of engine power cylinders, waving Nako to the far end opposite from him. His Dramok nodded, heading for Engine One’s energy feed while Terig removed the panel for Engine Four. Feeling the seconds fly by, he worked to manually shut Four’s power supply off. He hurried on to Three, the screeching that spiked through his skull increasing. Terig thought he might be screaming with the overloaded machinery but wasn’t sure. He shut the mechanism off.

              Blessed silence descended. A second later, the room plunged into darkness as well, as if he’d somehow shut down the entire ship. For a few moments, there was only the acrid scent of burnt machinery. Otherwise, Terig existed in a void, in which he couldn’t even hear his heart beat.

              Then soft illumination rose, bringing the room back to existence. The raider’s power had utterly failed, and the reserve systems had come online.

              A heavy hand gripped his shoulder, bringing his attention to Nako. The captain’s lips moved, but Terig couldn’t hear a thing.

              He read Nako’s lips. Fortunately, his Dramok spoke with exaggerated care. “Let’s check ship’s status.”

              They returned to the computer banks. Fortunately, what was left of the system had rebooted when standby power had come on. It was the only good news Terig saw.

              More lipreading ensued. “We have life support, coms, and that’s it.”

              “Then we’re out of phase. And helpless to keep Maf from finishing the job.”

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She escaped to Kalquor to warn the empire…but did she bring its destruction instead?

When a rogue Kalquorian raider snags a Bi’isil cruiser in Empire space, the outlaw crew is hoping for supplies. Instead, they find a Tragoom and an Earther woman with a dire warning: Bi’is is set to unleash a fatal plague on the Kalquorian Empire.

Piper Warren, with the help of her friend Ob, has faced death to save the Kalquorians from utter destruction. Instead of help, she stumbles on a ship filled with men who swear no loyalty to anyone but themselves. Can she convince them to set aside their lawless ways to save their people?

Captain Nako turned his back on Kalquor after Fleet Command decommissioned his raider. Abandoned by his government, he swears he will never lift a finger to aid them, not even against the traitor Dramok Maf and his fleet. With the new Bi’is threat, if Nako doesn’t do something, the empire will fall and its people will die.

Nako’s Nobek clanmate Terig is as fierce as they come. However, his shameful past destroyed a once-promising career, and leading his men into battle can only end in defeat.  But how can he refuse when utter annihilation is racing straight to Kalquor?

Dual breed Imdiko Ulof is a terror to anyone who crosses him. Leaving broken bodies in his wake, the ex-convict struggles with equally broken dreams. No one can tame him, until a beautiful Earther and an unlikely new friend show that belief has the power to heal all wounds.

The survival of Kalquor depends on this unlikely band of misfits. Clan Nako learns that love for an Earther woman can make heroes out of outcasts…until they discover that Piper harbors dark, deadly secrets of her own.

 

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