Steve Beaulieu

Within the battered corridors of a war-torn galaxy, Kara Voss finds herself caught in a relentless struggle for survival. Her skills as a mercenary are unmatched, yet each mission chips away at her sense of self, leaving scars both visible and hidden. As factions clash over territories and resources, she must confront betrayals that threaten to dismantle her life and forge new alliances in a landscape where trust is scarce. Her journey is one of grit and resilience, where personal stakes collide with larger conflicts that could alter the fate of entire worlds.

Shore Leave, Masquerade, Blackest Night—these titles ghost through Tanis Richards’s blood as she learns that every quiet harbor hides a rumor that can drown a life. In the first hours after a vanished colleague’s note reappears, she threads from crowded markets to the insistently quiet corridors of power, chasing whispers that lead to a dangerous mirror of her own past. The city’s clock ticks louder when a familiar mark resurfaces: a cipher only she can read, a debt only she can repay. Each step tightens the knot between who she is and who she’s pretending to be, until a choice—do you follow the map or blaze your own course—crystallizes in a decision that could undefine both her future and the people she swore to protect. The night refuses to stay still, and Tanis learns that the tempests she runs from are only beginnings, not endings.