Books in the Gateway Universe series

Major Tyler Stone stands at the precipice of greatness. After years of faithful service to the Republic, everything seems to be coming together-a promotion, an engagement to a beautiful (and powerful) woman, and the restoration of his traditional family name promise to restore his family to its long lost place among Alpha Humana's elite.But his world suddenly begins to crumble when deceit and defeat bring him face to face with the enemy-an enemy that turns his perception of the galaxy on its ear, challenging his understanding of his civilization and his own identity.Now Stone must choose between duty and honor as he struggles to understand the nature of the war the Humani have been waging for so many generations.

The never-ending clandestine war between the Xen Empire and the Terillian Confederation continues and the Dark Zone is littered with the bodies of Guardsmen, Rangers, and those caught in between. It is into this wasteland that a unit of the Humani Elite Guard set out on a recon mission to investigate a planet they suspect contains an illegal Terillian base. The mission quickly falls apart and Lieutenant Emily Martin is thrust into command when her base ship, Draxius, is destroyed and her commander is severely injured. Stranded on an inhospitable planet with enemies all around them, Martin and her men find themselves outmatched and outgunned in a desperate gamble for survival. Lieutenant Emily Martin didn't become the only female officer ever in the Elite Guard because she thought it would be easy, but this mission could easily prove to be her last.

As the galaxy spirals into open warfare, Tyler Stone has joined forces with his former enemies, the Terillians. Stone now knows the new war has been manufactured by the First Families to satisfy the Xen Empire’s demand for more slaves—a move necessitated by the spread of a deadly virus that is killing off huge portions of their human chattel. Complicating matters is the Saint, a con-man turned messiah who begins to unite the planets under his brand of religion—one that creates fanatical followers.Stone must confront not only the enemy but challenges to his own identity while he and his companions battle to save millions from enslavement and death.