Laying low isn't supposed to work this way.Esper and Kubu take an outlaw vacation to a remote planet whose tiny colony seems idyllic. It's far enough for the Convocation wizards dogging them to lose their trail. The plan is simple: stay out of trouble, let the heat die down, and slink back quietly to civilized space.But these two aren't good at keeping out of trouble.Before long, they're exposed to the rotten core beneath this purported Utopia. Bitter feuds...

The jig is up. The news is out. They finally found her.As Esper has tried to save the galaxy's wayward children, she's done it with the looming threat of the Convocation dogging her steps. She knows why they're after her, even if she can't remember the events.She's shaken them across a dozen star systems.She's bested their hunters the few times they've caught up.Now, Esper is about to face her greatest fear: the truth about what she's done.T...

The rules to Hide & Seek just got a whole lot deadlier.The astral drop took out all the tech on the ship—maybe for good. They're so far down that rescue seems unlikely. If they had it to do over again, maybe Eric and Jessie would have found some other way to escape their pursuers. But unless Eric figures out reverse time travel, they're going to have to live with the decision.Or die with it.With a gaggle of refugees and a strange, alien vessel, the options ...

They sought the mountain for its history. What they found was a future.The city of Skrasforge is thriving, but the goblins who'd lived there before the dwarves weren't feeling so lucky. Downtrodden and indentured to a band of trolls, they owe a debt that will not be easily repaid.The Empress of the trolls wants her tribute, and if the goblins can't pay, they'll serve in her army to take what she's owed. And she plans to take it from Skrasforge.Entrenched on...

It's not the crime, it's the coverup.A missionary ship hijacked by pirates. Legion of armed aliens burnt to a crisp. At the Convocation, something doesn't add up, and when the Grand Council gets word, they launch an investigation.Now, anyone who was aboard the missionary vessel is a suspect. There was a wizard aboard, and until the Convocation inquisitors are satisfied, anyone on that ship might be the most wanted wizard in the galaxy in disguise.Lyin' Guys...

One mission short of retirement. What could possibly go wrong?Carl's looking forward to a quiet life with his soon-to-be wife and the child they're expecting. But when Amy makes a simple request, there's a catch. She wants their wedding on Earth so her mother can be there. For a law-abiding citizen, that would be a pricey but straightforward request. For a band of outlaws, flying into the galaxy's headquarters for law and order would be suicidal... without a plan.A...

They'd discovered an ancient galactic wonder. Then they discovered its owners.By becoming the gateway to the mysterious and incalculably valuable Shadow Planet, Astral Prime had become prime galactic real estate. Poised at a nexus of religious pilgrimage, scientific curiosity, and military obsession, the site could be the key to the future of the Milky Way.Mission 5: Systemic TreacheryThe syndicate had given her an ultimatum: disappear. Watc...

That's the thing about unfinished business; it doesn't go away if you ignore it.Chuck and Mort team up to finish a job Mort had to leave undone. A dark wizard is on the loose with a head start and the entire galaxy in which to hide. Their only lead? A mystical connection that Mort doesn't want to talk about. To make matters worse, their target has an accomplice, and it's someone Mort isn't inclined to get rough with.On the homefront, Brad is grounded both literally...

You wanna go where nobody knows your name.Chuck takes the Radio City to a little out-of-the-way planet where the locals leave outsiders alone. The Ramseys meet up with some nomad friends. And while the adults drink and catch up, the younger generation makes their own fun.While Brad tries to hustle his friends out of their money, Chuck forgets about interest on an old loan he only sort of repaid. As consequences swirl around both of them, an out-of-his-elem...

She killed her brother. She saved his son. Can one good deed repay a blood debt?When a foiled bounty job results in the Mobius rescuing Mriy's nephew, they divert course for Meyang to deliver him home. Upon her return, Mriy finds that gratitude and resentment don't cancel out. Instead of the welcome she hoped to earn, she finds herself challenged to a ritual hunt to earn back her rightful place in the family. But with the whole clan turned against her, where can M...

Never look a strange wizard in the eye. The problem: all wizards are strange.Mort has been on the run from the Convocation for decades. Time and again, they've tried—and failed—to capture him. But a new adversary is taking a crack at claiming the bounty on Mort. Someone has done extensive homework, and found the weakness in Mort's armor.Now the Mobius will become a battleground, putting Mort in a double bind: to save himself, he just might have to kill the entire c...

Almighty Ra looks down not from one sun but from all.When a client hires Esper and Kubu to find a missing holovid costar, they stumble onto a recruiting effort for an ancient cult with a new look. The Cult of Ra died out in Egypt before the Iron Age, but it's been rebranded for the Interstellar Age. More suns for the sun god! Those crazy gods weren't animals but aliens after all.Tracking the cult to a lunar theme park, Esper will have to take on an entrenched corpo...