Shell Games (Preview)

Mick Vidan Daniels has spent four years training to become a bounty hunter, driven by a single purpose: catch the man who murdered his parents. Now, on the eve of earning his license, a terrorist attack destroys the GCOG Bounty Hunter Academy and Mick discovers the truth, his target, the notorious Lazarus Deuce, has been watching him all along.

With his crew aboard the Night Crow - a battle-scarred freighter captained by Peaitro, a hyper-intelligent bio-engineered gorilla with a penchant for chaos - Mick pursues Lazarus across the galaxy. From the neon-drenched criminal underworld of Harlequin Station to the lethal jungles of Terra Prime, the hunt draws Mick deeper into a conspiracy that defies belief.

Because Lazarus Deuce isn't just a killer. He's an architect of suffering, and Mick is his masterpiece.

The deeper Mick digs, the more the walls close in. His father, long thought dead, is alive in cryogenic stasis. His allies harbor dangerous secrets. And the hostage he rescued from Lazarus's laboratory, Xen, may be the key to everything, or the final piece of a trap decades in the making.

In a universe where identity is fluid and reality is negotiable, Mick must confront the ultimate question: is he hunting Lazarus, or has Lazarus been hunting him?

The chase is on. But the truth will change everything.

*Perfect for fans of The Mandalorian, Altered Carbon, and Blade Runner. A relentless space opera thriller where revenge collides with identity, and the only thing more dangerous than the hunter is the man pulling his strings.*