Böcker av Mark Iles

Selena Dillon and her team return to Loreen after their attack on Mantis, only to find the myriad worlds of Mankind once again plunged into war. As the Penal Regiments are betrayed by the Federation of Man, and fighting spills throughout the galaxy, the dreaded Manta raise their heads once again.Selena soon finds herself trying to track down her friends' daughter, Hope, from the rabbit holes of Loreen and then fights to free her home planet from alien invaders.While a general amnesty means previous sins are forgiven, the Queen has not forgotten Selena's attempt on her life. Selena soon finds herself torn between obeying orders to protect the monarch, and her ravening thirst for revenge. But strange forces are stirring amidst the stars and Mankind finds itself with surprising new allies, while a terrifying enemy that's manipulated events from behind the scenes finally reveals itself for the very first time.

When Selena Dillon is caught in an assassination attempt on her planet's ruler, she finds herself sentenced to twenty-five years servitude in the most feared military force, the Penal Regiments. Much to her surprise she enjoys the harsh military life and is quickly selected for officer training. But something's wrong, worlds are falling silent. There's no cry for help and no warning, just a sudden eerie silence. When a flotilla of ships is despatched to investigate they exit hyperspace to find themselves facing a massive alien armada. Outnumbered and outgunned the flotilla fight a rearguard action, allowing one of their number to slip away and warn mankind. As worlds fall in battle, and mankind's fleets are decimated, Selena is selected to lead a team of the Penal Regiment's most battle-hardened veterans, in a last ditch attempt to destroy the aliens' home world. If she fails mankind is doomed. Little does Selena know that one of her crew is a psychopathic killer and another is the husband of his victim. Can she hold her team together, get them to their target and succeed in the attack? Selena knows that if she fails then there will be nothing at all left to go home to.

Humans colonise an alien world. Aliens massacre the colony so the navy nuke the planet. In revenge, the aliens invade Earth. A pilot attempts to travel to the past to prevent the war but his ship is flung into the future. He awakes with no sign of his co-pilot and secret lover. Technology no longer works, finding her is urgent - she's an android.