Orbital Strike Command, the Naval Elite, cybernetically enhanced and issued the best gear available with the express intent of suppressing unruly colonists for the glory of the Empire. Despite all that training, their strategies are made for humans. Not whatever this is. Aaron's no super soldier. He's just a convict, a lifetime tenant toiling his days away in the Empire's frontier labor camps. Aaron doesn't need body mods to hear the big beasts battering away at the colony wall. These creatures dig day and night, two tons of leather and bone sending violent tremors through the dry soil. They're coming, they're coordinated, vicious and relentless. Which brings a desperate Navy to visit Aaron's squalid pit with a tempting offer. They need strong and willing bodies to man the Wall to fend off this horde, and they can give him what he and every other convict dreams of. Serve a tour, and they can go free. Nobody has any illusions. The convicts all know the bitter truth: they're not expected to survive. But Aaron starts to defy those odds, become a symbol to criminal and colonist alike. The Empire cannot allow a symbol to take root... GOODREADS REVIEWS "The main character is awesome, and the story is action packed!" Goodreads, ★★★★★ "Loved it. Fast-paced and feel-good storyline." Goodreads, ★★★★★ "This beautifully haunting and poignant adventure..." Goodreads, ★★★★★ "The start of a brilliant series!" Goodreads, ★★★★★ ABOUT THE SERIES The Capital Adventures begins with The Blood Service, a sci-fi action adventure following the titular Capital criminals in their fight for freedom from monster and Empire alike. Join Aaron and his team of miscreants as their war for redemption overturns a century of galactic supremacy. Book #4, The Gold Service, begins a new trilogy with new Capitals that broadens the scope of the series. Join a pirate crew of misanthropic heroes as they uncover the arcane foundations of the Empire's power. Book #7, The Iron Service, explores the galaxy through the eyes of the Empire's finest, the fearsome Orbital Strike Command. Follow a young commando as the military's best challenge threats to galactic peace, both foreign and domestic.