The legend of the Devil should have ended.
Captain Orion Thrace is transferring to the Valkyrie, a pirate-hunting battle cruiser in the last frontier of known space.
Officially.
The reality is more complicated.
On his way to serve a short life sentence of hard labor, the Devil—the most feared, loved, hated, and celebrated pirate across known space—escapes during a raid on the fleet caravan. Are the raiders trying to rescue him? Abduct him? Or settle an old score? The Devil doesn’t wait to find out.
To escape, he switches identities with a fleet officer who didn’t survive the pirate raid.
Captain Orion Thrace.
Now, accidentally in command of the Valkyrie, and under constant scrutiny, the Devil must get off the ship before his deception is exposed—and before he’s dragged into a plot to ignite a war.
Genre: Science Fiction
Captain Orion Thrace is transferring to the Valkyrie, a pirate-hunting battle cruiser in the last frontier of known space.
Officially.
The reality is more complicated.
On his way to serve a short life sentence of hard labor, the Devil—the most feared, loved, hated, and celebrated pirate across known space—escapes during a raid on the fleet caravan. Are the raiders trying to rescue him? Abduct him? Or settle an old score? The Devil doesn’t wait to find out.
To escape, he switches identities with a fleet officer who didn’t survive the pirate raid.
Captain Orion Thrace.
Now, accidentally in command of the Valkyrie, and under constant scrutiny, the Devil must get off the ship before his deception is exposed—and before he’s dragged into a plot to ignite a war.
Genre: Science Fiction
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