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Cut off from home, Princess Kelsey Bandar needs a place to hide from the vengeful Rebel Empire.The secrets she stole give her people a fighting chance in the war that brought down the original Terran Empire. If she gets them home. If her prisoners cooperate.Should that prove impossible, she must then convince a long-hidden people to help her. After she finds them, of course.

Half a millennium after the Terran Empire virtually extinguished the human race during a vicious civil war, mankind has once again reached the stars.Princess Kelsey Bandar, second in line to the Imperial Throne, fast talks her way onto the latest exploration mission into the corpse of the Old Empire. Not even the presence of her hated half brother can ruin things now.Only the Old Empire isn't quite dead after all. Evil lurks in the darkness. With everything she holds dear at stake, Kelsey must fight. Victory means life. Defeat means death. Or worse.This omnibus edition contains Books 1-3 in The Empire of Bones Saga (Empire of Bones, Veil of Shadows, and Command Decisions), as well as a previously unpublished short story.

Sent on a mission critical to the survival of the New Terran Empire, Jared Mertz must travel deep into the AI-dominated Rebel Empire on an operation of deception.Only there are games afoot that no one could foresee and players at the table that no one could expect. The stakes couldn't be higher.When unexpected enemies deal themselves in, Jared must bet everything on a single hand. Bluffing might get him killed but folding isn't an option.

Admiral Jared Mertz returns to the New Terran Empire a conquering hero. But not everyone cheers his success.Crown Prince Ethan Bandar tried to kill Jared once. Paranoia and ambition demands he succeed this time.Only Jared's sister and their battle-hardened allies stand between him and death.If you love military science fiction and grand adventure on a galaxy-spanning scale, grab Paying the Price and the rest of The Empire of Bones Saga today!

After a terrible war almost extinguished humanity, the New Terran Empire rises from its own ashes.Sent on an exploratory mission to the dead worlds of the Old Empire, Commander Jared Mertz sets off into the unknown.Only the Old Empire isn't quite dead after all. Evil lurks in the dark.With everything he holds dear at stake, Jared must fight like never before. Victory means life. Defeat means death. Or worse.

Princess Kelsey Bandar made a terrible, life-altering mistake. Her enemies gave her unspeakable agony in return.She must forge the iron will to control the weapon her body has become. If she fails, the monsters who tortured her come for humanity.And horrors worse than she knows wait in the darkness.

Commander Jared Mertz thought the glories of the Old Terran Empire once more within his people's grasp. One bold strike to make them his.But no plan survives contact with the enemy.With the odds stacked against him, the battle to save humanity starts now.

Trapped between murderous xenophobes and calculating artificial intelligences, an interstellar war threatens to wash Princess Kelsey Bandar away in a tide of blood.With her most powerful ship crippled, only a desperate mission to steal what she needs right out from under the noses of her enemies offers a way to get her people safely home.As if that wasn't hard enough, success requires her foes never learn of her existence and therein lies the problem. Few have ever accused Kelsey Bandar of subtlety.If you love military science fiction and grand adventure on a galaxy-spanning scale, grab "Hidden Enemies" and the rest of The Empire of Bones Saga today!

Separated by an almost unimaginable gulf in space, Princess Kelsey Bandar and Admiral Jared Mertz must fight to stop the diabolical artificial intelligences that destroyed the Old Terran Empire.Though unable to communicate with one another, they must overcome terrible odds and defeat foes determined to kill or enslave them. They cannot allow themselves to fail.Yet time is running out. Unless both quickly make their way to Terra, the computers win and humanity loses.If you love military science fiction and grand adventure on a galaxy-spanning scale, grab "Race to Terra" and the rest of The Empire of Bones Saga today!

Marooned on ruined Terra, Kelsey Bandar and Jared Mertz must march to the Imperial Palace to recover the key to defeating the savage AIs that have enslaved humanity.If, of course, the fierce and primitive Terrans don't kill them first.Trapped without their advanced technology, they must overcome foes determined to take everything they have left, including their very lives. If they don't find allies fast, humanity is doomed.If you love military science fiction and grand adventure on a galaxy-spanning scale, grab "Ruined Terra" and the rest of The Empire of Bones Saga today!

Kelsey Bandar and Jared Mertz must retrieve the electronic override buried under the ruins of the old Imperial Palace to win the war against the AIs. Oh, and get off the planet in spite of the murderous warships orbiting the destroyed world.How hard could that be?Imprisoned in a dead megacity and surrounded by howling savages thirsty for their blood, they must triumph or die. And if they die, humanity dies with them.If you love military science fiction and grand adventure on a galaxy-spanning scale, grab "Victory on Terra" and the rest of The Empire of Bones Saga today!

Know your enemy. Especially those capable of crushing you like a bug.Princess Kelsey Bandar must lead a bold strike deep into enemy space to steal the technology the New Terran Empire needs to survive.Success gives them a fighting chance. Failure dooms them to death and worse.If you love military science fiction and grand adventure on a galaxy-spanning scale, grab "Recon in Force" and the rest of The Empire of Bones Saga today!Author's Note: This book was previously published as Reconnaissance in Force.

After years of battle, Kelsey Bandar and Jared Mertz are finally ready to face the master AI enslaving the Terran Empire. With just a bit of luck, this nightmare will finally be over.Only luck can run out just when you need it the most.Outnumbered and outgunned, they must salvage victory from certain defeat. Failure means extermination, invasion, and the loss of everyone they love. Can they beat the odds just one more time?If you love military science fiction and grand adventure on a galaxy-spanning scale, grab "When Luck Runs Out" and the rest of The Empire of Bones Saga today!