No Worse Enemy

In this sequel to The Empire's Corps, six months after being abandoned on Avalon, Colonel Edward Stalker's Marines face new threats as a mysterious pirate organization attempts to seize control of the isolated planet. As they struggle against a clandestine figure with ambitions of power and deal with a civilian kidnapping, they fight to uphold remnants of the Empire’s order amidst escalating danger. With pirates seemingly possessing overwhelming resources and a foreboding plan, the fate of Avalon and the future order of the universe hang in the balance.