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A fast-moving space opera featuring a wisecracking star sailor, an ancient AI starship, a ragtag crew of misfits, and hard-hitting naval combat.Retirement lasted about five minutes.Gus Johansson expected fishing, cheap drinks, and a quiet life on the backwater world of Terne. Instead he hauls a 1,400-year-old repair bot out of the ocean—and discovers the Imperial starship it’s spent centuries repairing beneath the sea.Gus suddenly owns the most valuable ship in the system.Captain Harrison “Hazy” Grey wants it. Capturing the vessel could earn him an Admiral’s flag, and he doesn’t care who he has to kill to get it.Unfortunately for Grey, Gus has a plan.With a sentient ship’s AI, an ancient repair bot, and a growing crew of smugglers, lawyers, miners, and misfits, Gus takes Corvus into space. Grey responds with a modern warship, superior firepower, and a personal vendetta.Corvus Ascending is Book 1 in the Matrian Trilogy series. Perfect for readers who love Jack Campbell, B.V. Larson, and character-driven military space opera filled with action, humour, and found-family crews.___________________________________________________________________Praise for the Matrian Trilogy:★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The world building is good, the AIs are hilarious, and the humans are great.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A great fast paced humorous book full of action with great characterization.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A rollicking space adventure★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lots of fun and humor. I couldn't put it down.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Reminds me of the SF I used to read.

A punchy space opera of ragtag crews, hostage rescues, crime bosses seeking revenge, sentient machines, and system-wide space battles.The mission is simple.Sneak onto Kragus.Rescue a prisoner.Leave before anyone notices.Bosun Gus Johansson and the crew of Corvus have pulled off dangerous jobs before. This one comes straight from Admiral Falkirk McGowan, and the stakes are personal. A Naval Intelligence officer has been captured on the crime-syndicate world of Kragus, and Gus is the only person McGowan trusts to bring her home.There’s just one problem.Don Orr Limnos runs Kragus, and he wants revenge. Limnos has been waiting for a chance to settle a score with Gus. Now he has a captured officer, a bounty on Gus’s head, and an ancient assault carrier on the way.Gus came for a rescue mission.Instead he walks straight into a vendetta that could start a war.Corvus Sirocco is Book 2 in the Matrian Trilogy series. Perfect for readers who love Jack Campbell, B.V. Larson, and action-packed military space opera filled with daring missions, found-family crews, and high-stakes adventure.___________________________________________________________________Praise for the Matrian Trilogy:★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A good old fashioned space opera romp with all the bells.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Such fun, adventure, battle scenes, witty dialogue and a touch of romance.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Started reading and couldn't put this book down.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Likable characters and good pacing.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Action packed adventure.

A punchy space opera of ragtag crews, desperate last stands, pirate fleets, sentient machines, and system-wide space battles.The Dellan League is running out of time.Their pirate empire is collapsing, their enemies are closing in, and they have only one path left to survive.Conquer Matria.Bosun Gus Johansson and the crew of Corvus suddenly find themselves at the center of a full-scale invasion. Pirate fleets are on the move, an ancient Imperial assault carrier is back in action, and Matria’s peaceful worlds were never meant to fight a war.Gus and his misfit crew were good at raids, rescues, and impossible missions.Stopping an invasion fleet is something else entirely.Now Gus will need every trick he knows, every favor he can call in, and every ally willing to stand with them—before the Dellan League burns Matria to the ground.Corvus Defends is Book 3 in the Matrian Trilogy series. Perfect for readers who love Jack Campbell, B.V. Larson, and action-packed military space opera filled with daring missions, found-family crews, and large-scale space battles.___________________________________________________________________Praise for the Matrian Trilogy:★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Gus and his crew were always one step ahead of everyone else.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great series. Fast reading with a lot of excitement.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The story is hilarious and heartwarming.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This trilogy was awesome.

War hero. Reluctant investigator. Target.First Sergeant Jill Tower returns from a brutal year in deep space expecting rest, not chaos. Her home is gone, her career derailed, and the city she once knew is drowning in corruption. When the son‑in‑law of a powerful admiral turns up dead and the authorities refuse to touch the case, Jill is pulled into a dangerous new role with one mission: find the killer before the killer finds her.The trail leads straight into Nakon City’s criminal underbelly — a world of smugglers, political power plays, and the illicit substance known as Cerulean Blue. With a sharp‑tongued AI assistant at her side and enemies closing in from every direction, Jill uncovers a conspiracy decades in the making.Jill must fight for her life in this electrifying page-turner. In a neo-noir world where the stakes are high and betrayal runs deep, who can Jill trust?A Taste For Cerulean Blue is the thrilling first instalment in Dale Sale’s Nakon Trilogy, perfect for fans of gritty sci‑fi noir, twist‑driven mysteries, and character‑rich futuristic thrillers.________________________________Praise for The Nakon Trilogy:★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It has everything, high tech, mystery and definitely keeps you on your toes.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fast paced great characters.From TheReading Cafe.com: ‘a character driven, sci-fi thriller of murder and mystery; a noir-type story with less in your face violence and sex; a dark and spirited tale of secrets and lies.’