Beyond Antares
4 primary works • 5 total works
Book 1
Beyond the Gates of Antares
Book 2
A small combat group are stranded on a hostile planet
Markov's Prize is an isolated planet within the Determinate, cut off since the 6th Age. Its human population have thrived and advanced over the centuries but now, recently rediscovered, they find themselves simultaneously invaded by the aggressive and bloodthirsty Ghar Empire and the expansionist PanHuman Concord. The Ghar are looking to plunder the planet for resources and slaves while the Concord desire to assimilate the planet into their collective whole, believing it to be the best course of action for the Concord and the planet's people.
Strike Commander Ryen Tahl is a soldier in the PanHuman Concord, responsible for a Company of some sixty troopers who are at the forefront of the invasion. Previously a famous martial arts champion with a deadly reputation, he has softened and matured over the years and now prioritizes the safety of his men and women above all else.
Tahl's Company is not Special Forces; there is no secret mission and no universe changing event they will be involved in. They are ordinary people embroiled in the daily operations of a front line war against a vicious adversary and the stoic defenders of Markov's Prize.
Book 3
The third novel in the Gates of Antares series of books. Captain of the Carmine Canotila, Nacen Byzantia, arrives in what he believes to be friendly Freeborn space only to find his homefleet in ruins.
Captain of the Carmine Canotila, Nacen Byzantia, arrives in what he believes to be friendly Freeborn space only to find his homefleet in ruins. His family’s ships have been annihilated by the Concord Combined Command, suspecting they harbor a secret weapon acquired from the unknown reaches of the gates. However, hope remains as a small segment of the fleet drives deep into Concord space to escape the clutches of the enemy navy. Meanwhile, Nacen and his crew must make unexpected allies and undertake desperate gambits to locate the endangered survivors. When they finally reunite in the crucible of battle, Nacen discovers the situation has changed drastically, with the fate of family and worlds in the balance.
Book 4
Space Miners come in conflict with Corporate raiders in remote space
The Antarean network is a vast, monolithic machine, capable of uniting mankind in all its forms and creeds, the device’s sheer scale dwarfing any form of true comprehension or understanding. But survival in such a connected universe is not guaranteed, and many of the more diverse offshoots of humanity find themselves set awash within the great area of space known simply as the Determinate. Surrounded by war-like, colossal empires and struggling under the constant threat of starvation and destitution, a small band of Boromites operating under the Jent banner, itinerant workers with no world to call their own, attempt to eke out a meagre living.
Through desperation and necessity, the actions of some Jent members bring them into conflict with the far larger and more powerful Ret clan, a league of rival Boromites with powerful connections within their local sector. Trapped in a blood feud with an adversary they can ill afford to combat, the Jent guild attempt to find a way to free themselves from their predicament but fall afoul of the overwhelming military might of their foe’s new, mercurial allies.
With their Guildess held in enemy hands, and tensions running high within the rest of the guild, a small group of gang fighters take it upon themselves to free their Matriarch through any means necessary, even if it requires them to sacrifice their own lives in the process.
