The Runner

<p><strong>A hunted human. A stolen starship. A galaxy-spanning Empire that cannot afford to let either survive.</strong></p><p>Cody Perrin has spent ten years as a Runner: a captive released into the stars so Empire Security can hunt him for sport. He should have died within days. Instead he became the most impossible fugitive in the galaxy.</p><p>The only Human the Empire has ever seen.</p><p>With Max a fiercely loyal AI companion Cody survives by stealing ships outthinking patrols and running before anyone can drag him back to Imperia. But when he captures a strange vessel from the future everything changes. The ship is faster smarter and more dangerous than anything he has ever flown-and it may be the first real chance he has ever had to stop running.</p><p>Then Cody rescues Corassa an Imperial cadet desperate to choose his own life and Thora a survivor fighting to save the last of her people. What begins as another escape becomes something Cody never expected: a crew a cause and the dangerous possibility of found family.</p><p>But the Empire is watching.</p><p>If it learns where Cody came from Earth will no longer be hidden. Humanity will become the Empire's next target.</p><p>For readers who love <strong>intergalactic space opera</strong> <strong>gay sci-fi adventure</strong> <strong>sci-fi found family</strong> AI companions stolen ships alien empires and a young male lead forced to become more than a survivor <em>The Runner</em> launches a fast-paced series about freedom loyalty and the cost of becoming impossible to ignore.</p>