Renegade: (The Spiral Wars Book 1)

AUREALIS AWARD FINALIST; Best SF Novel of 2015'It just keeps getting better and better. Buy these books' Winchell D. Chung, Founder, Atomic Rockets Website"He is one of our very best." Lou Anders, author of Frostborn and Hugo-award winning editor.One thousand years after Earth was destroyed in an unprovoked attack, humanity has emerged victorious from a series of terrible wars to assure its place in the galaxy.But during celebrations on humanity’s new Homeworld, the legendary Captain Pantillo of the battle carrier UFS Phoenix is court-martialed then killed, and his deputy, Lieutenant Commander Erik Debogande, the heir to humanity’s most powerful industrial family, is framed with his murder.Assisted by Phoenix’s marine commander Trace Thakur, Erik and Phoenix are forced to go on the run, as they seek to unravel the conspiracy behind their Captain’s demise, pursued to the death by their own Fleet. What they discover, about the truth behind the wars and the nature of humanity’s ancient alien allies, will shake the sentient galaxy to its core.ARTWORKScroll down to see the latest original Spiral Wars artwork by Hollywood concept & storyboard artist Aaron Sowd, and comics industry colour artist Dean White.There will eventually be a new, original artwork on each Amazon book page of the Spiral Wars series, so look through them all, and keep checking back!REVIEWSI thought this was going to be yet another cookie-cutter space opera, boy was I wrong! This was fantastic....it hits the sweet spot between hard-science and imaginary scifi science. The hard science is very hard, from the perils of centrifugal spin-gravity in combat spacecraft to the destructive potential of ultra-fast kinetic energy weapons. The scifi science is made-up, but it has the key properties which all-too-often are missing: Internal Self-Consistency and Attention To Unintended Consequences. This makes the scifi science semi-hard as well......The characters are memorable and engaging......I have read this series out to book #6. It just keeps getting better and better. Buy these books.Winchell D ChungFounder, Atomic Rockets Websitehttp://projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/Amazon Review, September 25, 2019."Joel Shepherd is one of the most dynamic science fiction writers working in the field today. Each of his books blends pulse-pounding action with mind-blowng concepts and a deep understanding of the complications of the human heart. He is one of our very best." Lou Anders, author of Frostborn and Hugo-award winning editor. Read more