Victorious Dead: 2 (Asarlaí Wars)

The galaxy was in for a world of hurt--chaos unseen since the violent sadistic Asarlaí ruled. For the first time in her life Vas doesnt know if she can fight hard enough to stop it. Vaslisha Tor Dain was a simple sort of mercenary starship captain. She fought hard drank hard and killed people when all else failed. Those were the good days--blown to interstellar dust when a band of crazed monks tried to resurrect a race of long-dead homicidal rulers: the Asarlaí.Vas and her crew defeated the first wave but at great cost both professional and personal.Now lying low shes been taking tedious recovery jobs with a new ship a new second-in-command and a galactic government that has gone into hiding but is still on the hunt for her and her ship. But there are noises in the distant corners of the galaxy that the Asarlaí have found new allies and another way to come back from the great beyond. A painful and brutal way that will destroy worlds.In the darkest night of deep space if she sits too still and thinks too long she still misses her former ship scattered in pieces across the universe and Deven her former second-in-command also scattered in pieces across the universe.When what should have been an easy job with easy money backfires in her face the cosmic conspiracy engulfs her again. The ghost--make that ghosts--of her dead lover appears as do the deadly long-gone Asarlaí who want their empire of worlds back never mind that other beings live there. And Vas realizes lying low was never a possibility not for the Warrior Wench and never for her.Death is final. Except when it isnt. But the righteous in battle are always VICTORIOUS DEAD.