Fleeing a smashed rebellion and near execution by their supposed allies, Dirk, Gavin, Dena, and Ana abandon Scruggs and Lee during battle. When local medical treatment isn't enough, Lee surrenders to the Imperials and arranges to surrender to Devin's ship to save Scruggs's life. When a botched meet-up leaves them all in Devin's custody and surrounded by his Marines, it looks like time's up for our heroes. But Devin gets startling news, and it's not what it says, but what it doesn't that worries him. He has a proposal of his own for Dirk and company. They'll get Scruggs and what they want, but they might have to change sides!
If you like Galactic Empires, honorable enemies, and snappy dialog, this one's for you!
Vive la Revolution! None shall pass! Or get paid.
Dirk Friedel used to be an Imperial Duke, now he's a washed up freighter captain. When a shady broker offers him easy money to steal some obsolete cargo and transport it off-planet, he and his crew of amateur thieves jump at the chance. Who'll miss a few crates of worthless supplies and some broken down trucks?
But when the supplies turn out to be something more than imagined, they end up dodging the Imperial navy and enlisting as unwilling mercenaries in civil war. With no idea who they can trust, or who is really on their side, can they beat the odds and collect a payoff before the empire gets involved, or will they become collateral damage?
If you like Galactic Empires, honorable enemies, and snappy dialog, this one's for you.
The guilty flee, but everyone pursues.
Escaped Imperial officer Dirk doesn't care his crew are runaways, revolutionaries, and alleged criminals, as long as they're adequately competent and don't kill each other too often. When a smuggling job goes badly wrong and they improvise, he'll trade competency for just non-suicidal. If one crime causes problems, a second should fix it.
But after a botched heist lands them in the freezing woods of a frozen planet, they need a new plan. What's in those containers they stole? Who wants it that bad? How can they make money out of this? And what if his crew isn't as trustworthy as he thought? And why doesn't that dog like him?
If you like Galactic Empires, honorable enemies, and snappy dialog, this one's for you.
Kill a man and you're a murderer. Kill a million and you're a statesman. Dirk should have killed more people.
Dirriken Friedel used his aristocratic connections to rescue his troops. He didn't plan on starting a war or killing them himself. Now he spends his days in jail, waiting for an assassin sent by his dead officers families to end his misery.
When he's broken out by off-duty marines he has a chance to start over, if he's worthy. During his ramshackle escape he collects a broken-down trading ship, a bitter former army officer, a genetically altered religious fanatic, a runaway ingenue, a sham engineer, and a murderous femme fatale. Pursed by a fanatical imperial tribune bent on bloody justice, can he keep the crew from killing each other, the ship from exploding, and himself from the bottom of a bottle. Or would it be easier just to give up?
If you like Galactic Empires, honorable enemies, and snappy dialog, this one's for you.
A new ship, new worlds, and new problems.
Jake and Nadine are searching for the last reported outpost of Imperial power. But times have changed since the abandonment. Bases are not where they should be, and people are where they shouldn't. After getting shanghaied into local politics, Jake and Nadine find themselves in a civil war - on opposite sides! How can one win without the other losing?
Jake, Nadine, Dashi and the Admiral are back in book 6 in the Adventures of a Jump space Accountant. If you like strategy over tactics, and thought before action, this series is for you.
The insurrection is over and everybody lost.
Except Jake - he's on the move with a new ship, a new destination, and a new crew - including some sexy francais girls! But his crew doesn't trust him, Landing is burning, the admiral's throwing his remaining weight around, and even Dashi's big promotion doesn't look like enough to save them all from anarchy.
When Nadine disappears, and a rogue militia ship chases him out of belt and across the system, he's got no choice but to retreat to fight another day. Is he really running away, or is this another clever ploy of Dashi's that he doesn't understand?
Jake, Dashi, Jose, Nadine, and the Admiral are back in book 5 in the adventures of a Jump space Accountant. If you like strategy over tactics, and thought before action, this series is for you.
Novice spy Jake is ready to be a hero. His boss wants a delivery driver.
Jake tries hard, but spying is a tough job. When a botched pickup and a drunken indiscretion drop him in jail, he's sent to serve his sentence in the Milita. His new commander wants Jake's next tour to be out an airlock without a suit. At least his fellow conscript is friendly, and has a sexy single sister!
But an accidental shooting and a boarding by his old friend Nadine complicate his life. Now the girls don't trust him, Mr. Dashi won't answer his calls, and there are armed ships chasing him through the rings. Is he in trouble? Or was this Dashi's plan all along?
Tired of books where everything that moves gets shot? How about a book where people use their brains? If you like strategy over tactics, and thought before action, The Adventures of a Jump Space accountant series is for you.
The Galactic Empire disappeared a lifetime ago. Jake Stewart doesn't care, he needs to earn a living.
He fled his station in the outer Belt, enrolled in the merchant academy, and snagged a scholarship. The future looks bright. But a crooked boss, some paperwork shenanigans, and a freeloading best friend put him in a bind.
When he's accused of a murder he didn't commit he goes on the run from the Planetary Militia. There's only his wits and a suspiciously helpful pretty girl between him and jail. Can he trust her to prove his innocence? Or does she have another agenda?
Tired of books where everything that moves gets shot? How about a book where people use their brains? If you like strategy over tactics, and thought before action, The Adventures of a Jump Space accountant series is for you.
Jakes back. He's older, wiser, and better dressed.
He's going to be the coolest spy ever, then he fails his pilot exam. Disgraced, Dashi sends him out hunting missing food shipments. It's boring, but Nadine's shadowing him. Is it to find out what he knows, or just to snoop on that slinky redhead free trader pilot he took to dinner?
Why is so much food missing? How does it disappear so completely? And why does Nadine care? His new free trader friend is travelling some sketchy routes. Is he watching her, or is she watching him? Dashi's far away, Nadine's unreliable, and his new free trader kind-of-girlfriend might be a pirate. He can only trust himself - how will he get out of this mess?
Like less shooting and more thinking? If you like strategy over tactics, and thought before action, The Adventures of a Jump Space accountant series is for you
Jake's confused.
There are shootings in space, fighting in the streets, and Nadine is being friendly. It's the middle of a revolution but Jose is buying welding equipment, Dashi's diverted him to look for a lost ship, and Nadine has volunteered to help. Strange, but Dashi always knows what he's doing.
But with alliances failing and allies fighting each other, what is really going on? Whose side is he on? The good guys? Or the bad?
Jake, Dashi, Jose, Nadine and the Admiral are back in book 4 in the adventures of a Jump space Accountant. If you like strategy over tactics, and thought before action, this series is for you.
