Alien Arcana

<p><strong><em>The price of loyalty is vigilance</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>The price of ignorance is death</em></strong></p><p></p><p>Damien Montgomery Hand of the Mage-King of Mars has dealt with pirates conspiracies terrorists and space battles in the service of his King. A warrior-judge charged to maintain peace across the stars of the Protectorate he is well overdue for a vacation.</p><p></p><p>Most people's idea of vacation isn't a murder investigation but the Hands aren't most people. A quiet task on an isolated research base seems the perfect mission to Damien and his King alike-until the discoveries of that remote archeology site bring fire and death down on Damien and the scientists alike!</p><p></p><p>With more questions than answers Damien begins to pull the threads of the attack. The trail will lead him to the last place he expects to find enemies: Olympus Mons the Mage-King's own center of power.</p><p></p><p>And when his quest digs up the darkest secrets of the Mage-King's dynasty he must decide which comes first: his honor his oaths-or the truth.</p>