THE CARTELLilian should have died for her father’s crimes.When her father’s crimes destroy the Grey Gyre Cartouche, Lilian loses everything in a single brutal stroke. Her family name is ruined. Their fortune seized. Their allies scattered. To protect the last of her family, Lilian accepts a three-year Trial by Ordeal under the authority of Monsignor Lucius Mercio, ruler of the powerful Serengeti Group.In the Twelve Systems, commerce is war, and powe...

Lilian should have died for her father's crimes.When her father’s crimes destroy the Grey Gyre Cartouche, Lilian loses everything in a single brutal stroke. Her family name is ruined. Their fortune seized. Their allies scattered. To protect the last of her family, Lilian accepts a three-year Trial by Ordeal under the authority of Monsignor Lucius Mercio, ruler of the powerful Serengeti Group.In the Twelve Systems, commerce is war and power belongs to the cartels.Luc...

Sin Marston is a rare human who can see through glamor. With the veil with the treaty of 2010, the magical visitors flowed into the Terran realm. With her unique talent, Sin's services are in demand from businesses and law enforcement with hidden problems. She also has a growing clientele of hidden visitors wishing to avoid confrontation with the Human Protection Society and other anti-hidden Terrans.After thwarting a daring art heist, Sin encounters a stunning fire elemen...

At the outer edge of the galaxy, on a backwater planet, to claim their future, Chrys must confront his past, and Verity overcome her fears.CHRYSA hero of the battle for the Thirteenth System, for over a decade, Chrys fought for a place in one of the mighty cartels. Success is within his grasp when a mysterious bequest from his home world sends him across the galaxy. Caught between his past and his duty, Chrys takes his engineering partner with him....

Lilian survived her first season of Trial by Ordeal.Two and a half years remain. Eight Seasons.When every day is a trial by ordeal, eight seasons are an eternity.Though her discoveries have earned her a place among the analysts and strategists shaping Serengeti’s future, Lilian remains exactly what she has always been: a disgraced apprentice serving at the pleasure of Monsignor Lucius Mercio. Every day is a minefield. Every success breeds new enemies. And far too ma...

Lilian survived the first half of her Trial by Ordeal.A year and a half remain, and with every success, she becomes more valuable to Blooded Dagger and more dangerous to those who oppose it. Powerful enemies have taken notice of the disgraced apprentice who keeps disrupting their plans, and some are willing to destroy her to protect their ambitions.As hidden enemies move against Blooded Dagger, she uncovers the trail of a traitor within Serengeti, and a conspiracy that reac...

THE CARTELLilian should have died for her father’s crimes.When her father’s crimes destroy the Grey Gyre Cartouche, Lilian loses everything in a single brutal stroke. Her family name is ruined. Their fortune seized. Their allies scattered. To protect the last of her family, Lilian accepts a three-year Trial by Ordeal under the authority of Monsignor Lucius Mercio, ruler of the powerful Serengeti Group.In the Twelve Systems, commerce is war, and powe...

Hope hangs on the far edges of the galaxy…First Officer Bran Hyssop joined the Nightingale for the adventure of a lifetime, even though it meant setting aside his free-trader beliefs to join with the Serengeti Group. He ended up with more adventure than he anticipated after a harrowing battle with the despoiler fleet. Now with the repairs completed, the Nightingale has returned to the Thirteenth System only to be hampered by suspicious malfunctions, maintenance failures, a...

"Hold on to your hats readers, because this series is un-put-downable, and this installment produces nail-biting pleasure . . . the Twelve Systems is arguably one of the most intelligently written and undoubtedly riveting space operas out there." ~ InD'tale December 2020Lilian Thornraven survived her Trial by Ordeal.As Lucius Mercio’s protégé, she should finally be free to build the future she has only begun to imagine.Instead, revelations uncovered in the ...

Four years ago, Lilian left the First System ruined, indentured, and in peril of execution. Now, she returns to the glittering spires of Pinnacle City to become Lucius Mercio's consort.The future they fought so hard to claim is finally within reach.The launch of the Nightingale has opened the path to the Thirteenth System, and with it, possibilities unseen for centuries.But as Lucius' rivals circle, seeking to exploit any vulnerability, Lilian discovers that the Ser...

A broken warrior. A woman's frozen heart. An adventure into the unknown.FLETCHEROnce a galaxy-renowned Moon Racer, Fletcher’s competitive career ended in the battle for the Thirteenth System. Shot down over Bright Star Deuce, he was fortunate to survive, his left arm and leg replaced with state-of-the-art prosthetics. Now only half a warrior, he is relegated to testing new technologies for Serengeti.The first step in the Fo...

Lilian has only a few months remaining in her Trial by Ordeal.The Battle of Serengeti is over. The Despoilers are defeated. Bright Star prepares for humanity's first voyage beyond known space in more than two centuries, and the Nightingale waits to carry that dream into the beaconless expanse.But peace proves as dangerous as war.Returning to Fortuna for the Nightingale's hull launch, Lilian struggles to recover from the wounds left by battle. A voyage that was inten...