The Kiiren Boy

Regina has fallen. Now only Patrick Hyde and the Drift Ghost stand between the Irian invaders and full control of the sector. First Fleet's remaining forces at Loxley must be warned before it is too late. Meanwhile Mark Ibsen flees for his life, his human cargo the only evidence of the links between Second Fleet and the new war. Finding a safe haven in the chaos of the wounded Empire will be difficult enough - but somebody else on Ravenna wants Susan Theunis dead. And on Capitol, High Admiral Monk has returned to confront the Emperor. CAS agent Chris Taylor can unmask the conspiracy, but not if the inhuman Kiiren catch up with him first. The Empire Dance is a continuing series of short novels (each clocking in at around 50k words) set in the far-future Empire of the Three Hundred Worlds. The series follows investigator Mark Ibsen, Imperial spy Chris Taylor, and the crew of the Drift Ghost as their lives are caught up in the conflicts that threaten to tear the Empire apart. The first "arc" of the series - the first five books - is currently underway, with the first three volumes already available in digital and paper formats.