Imperial Deserter

<p><strong>Kill a man and you're a murderer. Kill a million and you're a statesman. Dirk should have killed more people.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Dirriken Friedel used his aristocratic connections to rescue his troops. He didn't plan on starting a war or killing them himself. Now he spends his days in jail waiting for an assassin sent by his dead officers families to end his misery.</p><p>When he's broken out by off-duty marines he has a chance to start over if he's worthy. During his ramshackle escape he collects a broken-down trading ship a bitter former army officer a genetically altered religious fanatic a runaway ingenue a sham engineer and a murderous femme fatal. Pursed by a fanatical imperial tribune bent on bloody justice can he keep the crew from killing each other the ship from exploding and himself from the bottom of a bottle. Or would it be easier just to give up?</p><p><br></p><p>If you like Galactic Empires honorable enemies and snappy dialog this one's for you.</p>