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Brutal Response
Series · 5 books · 2022-2023

Books in series

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#1

TOPGUN

Requiem

2022

It’s hard to live up to your father’s legacy when he’s a force of nature. Mia Verick grew up on a remote homestead far from anything people would dare call civilization. Her upbringing was…unusual. Most young women raised in the Kerrick Confederacy of Aligned Planets go to school. Mia had daily firearms practice, tactical exercises, and pilot training. She never cared about her strange life, only about living up to the expectations of her father. His mysterious job often takes him away on secret missions, leaving her to self-training until the day she can surpass him. Now she will never get the chance. When a messenger from the city arrives at the homestead, Mia’s not ready for the harsh truth. Her father has died under classified circumstances. No one will tell her the truth, leaving her with only one option. Can she ferret out the truth about her father’s death by herself? Being raised as the perfect soldier doesn’t mean surviving the urban jungle will be easy. Her audacious plan takes her far from home to the world's largest city. Betrayals push her to an even more surprising place. The most elite fighter training school in the KCAP is the only place she can earn the influence she needs to learn the truth about her father. Before that, she'll need to survive a true nest of a private military academy. Can a girl taught to shoot first and ask questions later learn to operate in a dangerous environment where everyone is friend and foe? Scroll up and click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE and join Mia as her search for the truth takes her far from the only home she’s ever known!
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#2

TOPGUN

Ice

2023

Do the crime, do the time? That's how it is supposed to work. Mia is headed to Ice, the premiere military prison world in the KCP. She's going to find out firsthand that there's something rotten on this cold rock. Her stint on the frostbitten crag is only supposed to last a few weeks, but she soon discovers there are those determined to make it a more… permanent arrangement. She was ready for everything from brutal guards to vicious inmates, but there's something more going on beneath the surface. Mia fears that the nefarious forces in the KCP she suspects killed her father are pulling the strings. She's got to be careful because the players behind the conspiracies aren't going to give her a second chance if she gets caught in their trap. Can she survive long enough to put the pieces together? Or will making it through each night to see another bleak day take priority? Mia needs to find some unlikely allies if she’s going to overcome the elements and forces arrayed against her. Luckily, even on Ice there's a chance to make alliances if you're not the type to judge manmade monsters by their appearances. Can the most ferocious pilot this side of the 10k Universe unfreeze her wings? Scroll up and click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE and grab your copy today to find out!
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#3

Topgun

Phoenix

2023

Mia escaped in one piece from the ice ball masquerading as a planet, but what now? To start, she's got a laundry list of questions about her father and her origins. It’s just her luck that the answers to her questions have the potential to topple regimes. She has to tread carefully or make things worse. Before she can begin her search, she needs to make it through training. The pressure ratchets as the rivalries among the trainees become ferocious. A little bit of skullduggery can go a long way toward ending a career…or ending a life. Can Mia turn her crew of seemingly hopeless misfits into a flight team capable of helping her survive the program? Other factions are emerging with hidden agendas and insidious methods of achieving their aims. Mia’s father trained her for almost anything that the galaxy can throw at her, but she's not sure the threat of total destruction was what he had in mind…. She needs to keep her mind sharp and her team close as she gambles on the chance she might crash and burn before she unveils the answers waiting on the other side of the secrets and lies. Will Mia’s dogged determination give her the strength she needs to rise from the flames? Scroll up and click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE and grab your copy of Top Gun Phoenix to join Mia as she navigates the twists and turns of the intrigue at the heart of her identity!
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#4

TOPGUN

Unleashed

2023

It was always going to come down to Mia living the life of an outlaw. Mia’s world came apart when she learned about her father's death. The one constant since that moment has been her refusal to give up her search for the truth. Overcoming the challenges obstructing her trajectory has landed her exactly where she wanted to be. Every secret has been uncovered, every lie revealed, and everyone the truth exposed is calling for Mia’s blood. On the run from the KCAP and toting around a few billion credits worth of stolen mili-tech, Mia has to navigate the unfriendly void as a fugitive. She's not alone. Her crew has proven their loyalty, but the few of them are not enough to take on the enemies closing in from all sides. They need help, and Mia's only option is to prove her integrity. She plots a course back to Ice to keep her word to a monster. Getting there to fulfill her promises becomes a testing ground for the crew’s reputation as they pick up the jobs they need to keep their ship running. Terrible truths await Mia on her return to Ice. She’s survived twisted conspiracies and attempts on her life while crossing the depths of space, but there are some things that she's not ready for. Mia will learn the hard way that living the outlaw's life is an open invitation for the hits to keep on coming. Will she roll with them, or will they break her? Scroll up and click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE and grab your copy of Top Gun Unleashed today to find out if the galaxy has finally thrown more at Mia than she can handle!
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#5

Topgun

Darkness

2023

Mia has been on the run before, but being named a traitor to her own species means the heat is turned up to max. The struggle to keep her ship among the stars and her fighters loaded when even the criminal class won't work with her becomes her main focus. When all else fails, Mia’s only choice is to pivot and get creative. Space has never been so dangerous… The shootouts and dogfights awaiting Mia are par for the course, but the outlaw flight captain has her work cut out for her on other fronts. It’s not just her own people she's got to worry about. A sinister alien force known as the Bleakers are making their move. Add in a horde of bounty-hungry mercs and complications in her crew’s dynamic, and she’s got one sticky situation to navigate. As always, the way out for Mia is through. Can she claw her way out of this mess? Or is everything she’s fought for about to blow up in her face? Scroll up and click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE to grab your copy and join Mia as her fight reaches a crescendo!

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