Pax Oceana

A world out of time. A young man with no direction. A battle that uncovers a century-old secret.For a century, the colony world of Pomoxis has been a ghost in the stars, its interstellar network links severed since the fall of the Terran Confederation. While his friends head off to university to build their futures, eighteen-year-old Ian McCracken is idling—the directionless son of a wealthy family, content to drift.But when he is tapped to take part in a high-stakes auxiliary mission to blast through an enemy blockade, a daring parasail escape over active no-man's land reveals a structural anomaly hidden in the dirt. Buried beneath the grass is something made of an impervious and unfamiliar metal: a functional shuttle to a starship that has sat silent in orbit for a hundred years.What starts as a reckless gamble to restore a lost network link quickly pulls Ian out of his aimless youth and into a sprawling galactic theater. From the frustrating apathy of a forgotten Earth to the treacherous underworld of Leonis, Ian and a raw crew must navigate a shifting landscape of political betrayal, a two-year tour in an elite interstellar navy, and a desperate race to stop a totalitarian cabal from weaponizing his find back home.Across the water-world of Oceana and the savage ruins of dead colonies, Ian must face the heavy cost of personal loss and the steep price of a life with a purpose. The long climb of humanity has been interrupted—and the boy who had no future may be the catalyst to restart it. Read more