Orphaned and enslaved after a notorious pirate slaughters his parents in a raid on their ship, Jos grows up in a perilous universe torn apart by interstellar war as he struggles to find his own destiny and loyalties in a world of alien enemies and betrayal. A first novel. Original.
Orphaned and enslaved after a pirate slaughters his parents, Jos grows up in a perilous universe torn apart by interstellar war as he struggles to find his own destiny and loyalties in a world of alien enemies and betrayal.
When Jos' parents are killed in an attack on their trading ship, the boy is kidnapped by the attackers and then escapes - only to fall into the alien hands of humanity's greatest enemies. He is soon coerced into becoming a spy against the human race.
