The Confederated Worlds: Take the Shilling, Operation Iago, and A Bodyguard of Lies

"[U]nusual among military science fiction for its concentration on the psychology and politics of societies in conflict." — Analog

One soldier. Three battles. The fate of worlds.

A thousand years from now, while Earth dreams in virtual reality, three rival governments battle for control of humanity's scattered worlds. Connected by artificial wormholes, divided by ideology, they wage a brutal conflict that will reshape the galaxy.

At the center of it all stands one uncommon soldier. His journey from naive recruit to battle-hardened veteran will determine the fate of the Confederated Worlds.

TAKE THE SHILLING

They gave him a soldier's skills. War taught him the price.

Tomas Neumann escapes his backwater planet seeking purpose and finds himself programmed for combat. But downloaded tactics can't prepare him for the moral complexity of killing fellow humans—or the cost of survival.

OPERATION IAGO

The Confederated Worlds lost the war. Can they win the peace?

The fighting should be over. Instead, Lt. Neumann faces his deadliest mission yet: prevent a world from falling to enemies who blur the line between insurgency and invasion.

A BODYGUARD OF LIES

The war has ended. The real enemy hides in plain sight.

Captain Neumann thought he'd left the battlefield behind. But in the corridors of power, he uncovers a conspiracy that makes the recent war look like a training exercise—and threatens the survival of the Confederated Worlds itself.

Three complete novels. One epic journey.