Devil to Pay: a Naval Military Science Fiction Series Devil and the Dark Book

“I didn’t know that I wanted to read a science fiction series that feels like age of sail ships duking it out in space until I picked this up. Now I can’t wait to read the rest of the series. … One of the best Science Fiction stories in years.”-M.D. Cooper, author and creator of the Aeon14 universeIn a world of pirates and murderous ghosts, one naval cadet must choose between loyalty and survival.In the Level’s Naval Academy, officer candidate Silas Hunt stumbles across a secret that could get him hanged for treason. His only hope to save his life and to find justice lies with a ruthless pirate captain, a woman known as Mad Dog. But if Silas wants to talk the pirate into helping, he’ll have to join up with the crew of the Sweet Jenny for a deep-space raid against his own navy that could quickly turn deadly.The Verity is just a ship of the line, but for Stacks-born Captain Hollis Ives, it’s not just her first command. It’s her one chance to prove that a woman from the slums can handle a high-ranking naval position. But when her mission orders send her out after a ship whose distress signals have been picked up by pirates, she quickly realizes the posting could be a death sentence. And that’s before she recognizes which pirate ship she’s up against–the Sweet Jenny, captained by Mad Dog herself, and legendary for taking naval ships and leaving no survivors.Treasure Island meets Master and Commander with a science-fiction twist and a diverse cast in R.M. Olson’s thrilling series, The Devil and the Dark.