ICONIC
For 3400 years, we conquered the Milky Way, ushering in an age of peace and prosperity. All of humanity, united beneath the banner of the Martianist Imperium.
Until civil war struck at the empire’s heart…
1700 years after the war, the Imperium is a shadow of its former self. Along the galaxy’s Outer Reaches, frontier factions and vicious gangs nip at the empire’s heels and jostle for dominance.
In the year 5122, Alexis Nales wakes from stasis to find her crew long dead and herself the property of slavers. To survive in the lawless outer region, Alexis must transform a ragtag group of escaped slaves into a tightknit crew who’ll fight for freedom and a better future.
Elsewhere, an ancient warrior—captured at the civil war’s conclusion—awakens from his own stasis. Expected to lead a team of fellow captives, Jabari Mbaye soon discovers the assignment is off-the-books… and the imperial officer commanding it has gone rogue.
When both of their paths converge, Alexis and Jabari must face two questions. Can the other be trusted? And do they have what it takes to win?
The Malleus crew – their leader Alexis, former gladiator Sabrya, engineer extraordinaire Bradyn and their upgraded droid Torg – aren’t fitting in to Sylvanus Colony.
It’s time to move on… but to where…
Facing prowling Imperials, a looming bounty by the powerful Bukshoga Qlan, and various other nefarious entities out for their blood, this side of the galaxy has become too hot for them.
With a cargo ship without cargo, the crew plots a course to the farthest known reaches of the galaxy to become traders among the emerging colony worlds of the Orion Quadrant—a region under constant harassment from marauders. They soon realize they can offer the one thing the colonists need—protection.
But when they upset the status quo and anger powerful entities who are already entrenched in the region, who is going to protect them?