He saw the invasion coming three weeks before anyone else. Nobody believed him. So he built his own fleet - out of the people the fleet threw away.Commander Kai Rourke lost his ship, his rank, and his reputation the day he broke formation on a hunch and got fourteen people killed. Three years later, scraping by as a salvage pilot on the ragged edge of nowhere, he stumbles onto the one thing that could finally clear his name: proof that an alien armada is quietly massing beyond the frontier, preparing to harvest the Concord's core worlds one colony at a time.Fleet Command laughs him out of the building. Again.So Kai does the only thing left - he steals a decommissioned warship out of a guarded graveyard and starts recruiting the only crew who'll listen: a blacklisted engineer with a grudge, a disqualified racing pilot who's bored out of her mind, a court-martialed marine who never regrets saving people, a whistleblower analyst with nothing left to lose, and a defector from the enemy fleet itself who's finally ready to fight for the other side. Together they're not a fleet. They're barely a crew. But they might be the only thing standing between an unsuspecting galaxy and the swarm bearing down on it.If you love found-family space opera with a scrappy ensemble cast, rapid-fire banter, and stakes that only get bigger the deeper the crew commits, Ghost Fleet Rising delivers a complete, breathless ride from cold open to last stand - no cliffhanger, no sequel required, just one impossible mission and the misfits crazy enough to fly it.What's inside:- A disgraced officer with everything to prove and nothing left to lose- A ragtag crew of outcasts who become each other's reason to keep fighting- A stolen warship, a graveyard heist, and a fleet built from the ships everyone else gave up on- Fast, pulpy space battles balanced by real camaraderie, humor, and heart- A fully resolved ending - vindication, victory, and a crew worth rooting forPerfect for readers of ensemble military sci-fi and action-adventure space opera who want their heroes underestimated, their crews loyal, and their odds delightfully terrible - and a great pick-me-up gift for anyone who needs a reminder that the people written off are often exactly the ones worth betting on. Read more
