Two corrupt empires are artificially prolonging a galactic war for profit. They never calculated the cost of Commander Elias Thorne.
The Aegis is crippled. Running on fumes and battered from its last engagement, Commander Thorne and his fractured crew limp into Erebus Anchorage—a hollowed-out asteroid that serves as a scum-ridden haven for the galaxy's black market. They desperately need a safe harbor to triage their wounded and retrofit their analog scrap-ship.
Instead, they find a powder keg.
Amidst the claustrophobic bazaars, Thorne intercepts Silas, a rogue logistics broker holding explosive, encrypted intel. The brutal war consuming the outer rim is a lie. Vanguard Fleet Command and Syndicate oligarchs are secretly colluding, feeding millions into a meat grinder to inflate their bottom lines.
When a violent nomad uprising consumes the station docks, the Aegis is forced into a bone-crushing, high-G launch back into the unforgiving void. Outgunned and hunted by two armadas, Thorne realizes a frontal assault is suicide.
But Thorne doesn't need superior firepower. He has the math.
Maneuvering the Aegis into the sensor shadow of a clandestine summit between Vanguard and Syndicate elites, Thorne initiates a mathematically flawless campaign of vengeance. Weaponizing the intercepted intel and doctoring the telemetry, he is about to ignite a firestorm of paranoia that will turn both fleets against each other. The greatest threat to two corrupt empires isn't a dreadnought—it's a single commander doing the math.
The Proxy War is an explosive, 86,000-word epic and the relentless second installment in The Vanguard Calculus series. Masterfully blending gritty black-market tension with hyper-competent orbital mechanics and ruthlessly tactical naval warfare, it’s a masterclass in hard science fiction. If you crave the fleet tactics of Jack Campbell’s The Lost Fleet, the chain-of-command grit of David Weber’s Honor Harrington, and the survival mechanics of Andy Weir, prepare for your next obsession.
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The Aegis is crippled. Running on fumes and battered from its last engagement, Commander Thorne and his fractured crew limp into Erebus Anchorage—a hollowed-out asteroid that serves as a scum-ridden haven for the galaxy's black market. They desperately need a safe harbor to triage their wounded and retrofit their analog scrap-ship.
Instead, they find a powder keg.
Amidst the claustrophobic bazaars, Thorne intercepts Silas, a rogue logistics broker holding explosive, encrypted intel. The brutal war consuming the outer rim is a lie. Vanguard Fleet Command and Syndicate oligarchs are secretly colluding, feeding millions into a meat grinder to inflate their bottom lines.
When a violent nomad uprising consumes the station docks, the Aegis is forced into a bone-crushing, high-G launch back into the unforgiving void. Outgunned and hunted by two armadas, Thorne realizes a frontal assault is suicide.
But Thorne doesn't need superior firepower. He has the math.
Maneuvering the Aegis into the sensor shadow of a clandestine summit between Vanguard and Syndicate elites, Thorne initiates a mathematically flawless campaign of vengeance. Weaponizing the intercepted intel and doctoring the telemetry, he is about to ignite a firestorm of paranoia that will turn both fleets against each other. The greatest threat to two corrupt empires isn't a dreadnought—it's a single commander doing the math.
The Proxy War is an explosive, 86,000-word epic and the relentless second installment in The Vanguard Calculus series. Masterfully blending gritty black-market tension with hyper-competent orbital mechanics and ruthlessly tactical naval warfare, it’s a masterclass in hard science fiction. If you crave the fleet tactics of Jack Campbell’s The Lost Fleet, the chain-of-command grit of David Weber’s Honor Harrington, and the survival mechanics of Andy Weir, prepare for your next obsession.
Scroll up and click "Buy Now" or "Read for Free" on Kindle Unlimited to deploy with the crew of the Aegis today!
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- Format: 86,000-word full-length epic series novel (Book 2).
Tactical Focus: Realistic 3D orbital mechanics, thermal exhaust masking, and kinetic depth charges.
Setting: A decaying analog rust-bucket operating in a zero-gravity deep space void.
Themes: Corporate dystopia, exiled military commanders, strict naval chain-of-command, and galactic empire conspiracy.
Sub-Genres: Hard science fiction, military space fleet combat, and gritty space opera.
Protagonist: Hyper-competent genius leading a misfit crew against impossible odds.
Genre: Science Fiction