Empire’s Rift: The Baedecker Invasion (The Emperors’ War Book 1)

The Naplian Empire’s war of expansion against the Grand Alliance has taken a turn for the worse.

With vital serjaum fuel reserves wiped out by a surprise attack, Admiral Daviont, commander of the Third Corps makes a long, desperate journey to the fringes of Terran space for a massive undeveloped source of serjaum - the Baedecker Star System. But his action does not go unnoticed. Their mortal enemies, the Briddarri, send their own task force to intercept.

At Baedecker Four, starfighter pilot and governor’s son Taggart “Tag” Wester has his hands full steering clear of his wing commander’s wrath. When an emergency call unearths a dangerous foe from the past, he’s put to a test unlike any he’s ever faced. The time for bucking the rules and chasing the horizon has come to an end.

Elden Selva is on a mission to restore the defeated Northern Alliance by retrieving the remains of Truppen cybernetic soldiers. His father’s legacy as a leader in the Consular Wars compels him to rebuild the armies of the Northern Alliance and raise the bloody flag of rebellion once again, but his affection for a woman from his past complicates his task. What he finds on the dusty plains of Baedecker Four is far more than he anticipated, and the ensuing conflict changes both him and the woman he loves.

In the cold silence of space, the last Truppen cybernetic soldiers of the Northern Alliance await reactivation. Their release will trigger a new kind of conflict.

Invaders and defenders collide in a struggle that will have dire consequences for the entire galaxy. Empires will clash, and kingdoms will fall. Heroes will rise, and nightmares will be unleashed.

It all begins at Baedecker