Theft of Fire: Orbital Space #1

At the frozen edge of the solar system lies a hidden treasure which could spell their fortune or their destructionbut only if they survive each other first. Marcus Warnoc has a little problem. His asteroid mining shiphis inheritance, his livelihood, and his homehas been hijacked by a pint-sized corporate heiress with enough blackmail material to sink him for good, a secret mission she wont tell him about, and enough courage to get them both killed. She may have him dead to rights, but if he doesnt turn the tables on this spoiled Martian snob, hell be dead, period. Hes not giving up without a fight. He has a plan. Miranda Foxgrove has the opportunity of a lifetime almost within her grasp if she can reach it. Her stolen spacecraft came with a stubborn, resourceful captain who refuses to cooperatebut hes one of the few men alive who can snatch an unimaginable treasure from beneath the muzzles of countless railguns. And if this foulmouthed Belter thug doesnt want to cooperate, shell find a way to force him. Shes come too far to give up now. She has a plan. Theyre about to find out that a plan is a list of things that wont happen. Order Devon Eriksen's Theft of Fire: Orbital Space #1 today! ---------------------------------------------------------- PRAISE FOR Theft of Fire Shoot-em-up space opera, mysterious alien artifacts, freedom-minded Belters versus corporate oligarchs, and even a bit of romance highlight this masterpiece of the new golden age of optimistic, imaginative science fiction. John Walker, co-founder, Autodesk, Inc. ...refreshingly cutting-edge, with prose as lean and no-frills as the heros hand rolled spaceship... The physics are so tight it feels like he spent hours plotting out each scene with a slide rule, and the characters so lovingly drawn I believed in them from the first line of dialog--including one of the most convincing post-GPT AIs I've seen in print... promises a good old-fashioned hard sci-fi adventure and then delivers so much more. Johnny Schmidt, author of Failure Mode This is the best new hard sci-fi I've read in a long time. It follows in the best traditions of Asimov, Heinlein, Niven, Vinge, Card, Zahn, and the like. JT, Space Force Systems Engineer ...one hell of a yarn. It has the character development of John Varley, the plot twists of Robert E Taylor, battle scenes reminiscent of Jack Campbell, and the dramatic angst of Stephen R. Donaldson. Behind it all is an irreverent Nivenesque humor. This story grabbed me in minutes and called me back whenever I set it down Uncle Bob Martin, author of Clean Code Great characters, plot, and not insulting to the reader's intelligence. Ryan Lackey, SCO of Evertas