Embers of War (Embers of War #1)
Embers of War (Embers of War #1)
Author: Gareth L. Powell
Desc: The warship Trouble Dog was built and bred for calculating violence yet following a brutal war she finds herself disgusted by conflict and her role in a possible war crime. Seeking to atone she joins the House of Reclamation an organisation dedicated to rescuing ships in distress. But stripped of her weaponry and emptied of her officers she struggles in the new role she’s chosen for herself. When a ship goes missing in a disputed system Trouble Dog and her new crew of misfits and loners captained by Sal Konstanz an ex-captain of a medical frigate who once fought against Trouble Dog are assigned to investigate and save whoever they can. Meanwhile light years away intelligence officer Ashton Childe is tasked with locating and saving the poet Ona Sudak who was aboard the missing ship whatever the cost. In order to do this he must reach out to the only person he considers a friend even if he’s not sure she can be trusted. What Childe doesn’t know is that Sudak is not the person she appears to be. Quickly what appears to be a straightforward rescue mission turns into something far more dangerous as Trouble Dog Konstanz and Childe find themselves at the centre of a potential new conflict that could engulf not just mankind but the entire galaxy. If she is to survive and save her crew Trouble Dog is going to have to remember how to fight.