Blood Money Series

The Tears of the Moon are weapons of destruction, capable of turning entire planets into tombs. A very dangerous man by the name of Mason Duboise knows of them, and as a former Imperial Intelligence and StarCom double agent, Mason is no stranger to duplicity. In the wrong social class, he has wept his own tears as he was forced to deny his son and his wife by the laws of the Red Empire of Mars. He has a plan to steal the weapons, and sell them to the highest bidder, but life in the Age of Secession is never so straightforward. In the galactic south, a new threat is stirring, the xeno-religious extremists of the Suularitsaar. These extremist humanists dream of forming their own nation on hatred; a hatred not just of the augmented borg, but of even the more moderate unaugmented human. To unite the family he has denied for so long, Mason Duboise will see billions cry as a result of what he plans. The Tears of the Moon will weep freely down the face of the colonised galaxy, even as Mason faces the assassin with no face to call his own. Prepare for the Tears to flow.

As the Red Empire of Mars collapsed into Dissolution, it was not just the corrupt and devious Houses that flourished in the sudden vacuum of power. The underworld strengthened their grip all throughout the colonised galaxy, taking advantage of the corruption of Imperial Law. Criminal gangs fighting for territory inevitably begin to cross boundaries. Some parts of the galaxy are just too small for them all to co-exist. The vicious Vanquistadoreans are gripped in the brutal rise of the Duboise-Cartagne family. The Ndrangaizza elect their new Capobastone, their mourning for the previous incumbent about to turn violent. The Salchuzura Mara’s elusive Maraboss looks with evil eyes at a future soaked in enemy blood. As the new nation-states of the Houses pull themselves apart in an orgy of warfare, the turf wars that rumble incessantly amongst their criminal fraternities will deepen into a much darker, crimson conflict. The Blood Feud will be declared, even whilst the faceless from the shadows seek to bring light to darkness. A feud of bigotry, ideology, position, and power has begun. This feud can only be settled In blood.

A bounty hunter with a long, deep past interwoven with that of the Red Empire of Mars and its many challengers dares to dream that he can have his birth-right after centuries of denial. He accepts the contract, and will lead the hunt, looking for something only he could ever find. His payment will be the return of some of what the True Emperor took from him. A Faceless Assassin wishes to bring an end to the person it blames for its very existence, but it needs help. It has prepared, and in its own personal hunt for vengeance, salvation and saviour, no cost or price will be too high to pay. The would-be Third Emperor of Mars turns his paranoid, power-hungry eyes to new lands, and sets in motion the plans to achieve his goal of bringing the Empire of Mars one step closer to reality. He hunts for power, control, and dominion of all. The Hunt is beginning, and in many senses it began over two hundred years ago. Are they ready to pay the cost of the hunt?

The Battle for Mars was just the beginning, and not the end. As Mars looks reproachfully upon the galaxy that tears itself apart in its name, another claims the title of Emperor, and he will see that humanity turns upon itself in an orgy of violence and bloodshed. The stars will run as red as the planet in whose name they are burned. The Age of Secession has begun. The Blood Money Trilogy follows the story of a spy from the Red Empire desperate to unite a family forced to deny their existence; an assassin with no face to call his own; and a bounty hunter who has spent a lifetime ignoring the greatest hunt of all. In the name of money, family, and power old blood will be shed and new blood will arise, but the price is not always what you might think. Everything has a price, and in the Age of Secession that price is paid in money tainted red.