Royal Scout

One very important mission.
One specially prepared ship.
One captain who has proven his loyalty to the kingdom.

The fragile truce is ready to collapse. The General Marbas prepares his next conquest. The war that began as a small rebellion on the outskirts of the galaxy now threatens to sweep across the free worlds—none of which are ready to face his fleet.
Only Raido still possesses veteran crews and functioning shipyards.

In a last bid to prevent total collapse, the King seeks to strengthen the kingdom through dynastic marriages. He offers the free worlds an alliance and dispatches a covert mission. The route runs straight through rebel-controlled space.

There is only one man the King would trust with the lives of the royal family.
Captain Ivor Garrou and Nibelung are back in the void—once again on the thin line between survival and extinction.

Hard military sci-fi with punishing hyperspace calculus, neo-feudal desperation, cutthroat logistics under fire, vicious fleet ambushes, and a universe that punishes hesitation.

Book 3 of the Nibelung series.

The wall of fire rises.