Space Hunter War

Series · 3 books · 2022-2023

By Rick Partlow

Books in series

Pirate Bounty

A Military Sci-Fi Series

2022

Sometimes, it takes killing to make a living. That fiancée? She’s married—to another guy. The family business? His parents sold it. Jack Bennet returns from the war to find the life he left behind has moved on without him. The only option he has to make endsmeet lies in a military surplus junkyard starship. What’s a former Combat Search and Rescue soldier to do? Fix up the ship, hire the cheapest pilot—a notorious drunk—and take the first contract that comes up: collect a bounty on one of the most ruthless killers in the Pirate Worlds, a place crawling with thieves, cutthroats and con artists whose primary language is violence. Jack must abandon his nice guy persona, or exploit it, if he is to survive. What could possibly go wrong?

Corporate Bounty

A Military Sci-Fi Series

2022

The galaxy’s most reluctant bounty hunter uncovers a conspiracy that threatens the very peace he fought a war to achieve. Jack Bennet has done the impossible: collected on a bounty in the notorious Pirate Worlds. He’s earned himself a nice boost to his reputation, a hefty payday...and a cult of enemies hellbent on revenge. Reaching out to a friend at Fleet Intelligence lands Jack an offer he can’t refuse, but to collect, he’ll have to take the plunge back into the viper’s nest. In the Pirate Worlds, the only rule of law is a brutal hierarchy written in blood by thieves, murderers, cartels, and con artists running deadly games on their way to the top. And this time, they know Jack’s name.

Cultist Bounty

A Military Sci-Fi Series

2023

Personal vendetta. Raging conspiracy. Doomsday scenario. A bounty hunter’s worst nightmare has come true. As Jack’s reputation increases, so does the size of the bounty on his own head, but that’s not the worst of it: The conspiracy he’s uncovered points to a doomsday scenario, an impending act of depraved violence with steep collateral damage—and it’s set to happen right on his home planet. As his list of enemies grows longer, bolder, and more desperate, the escalation of violence threatens to drag a secret war into the public limelight. Jack begrudgingly works with Fleet Intelligence to run his discovery to ground and strike before it’s too late—or his home planet will fall, and if it does… It may not end there.

Author

Rick Partlow

Author · 61 books

Rick Partlow is that rarest of species, a native Floridian. Born in Tampa, he attended Florida Southern College and graduated with a degree in History and a commission in the US Army as an Infantry officer. His lifelong love of science fiction began with Have Space Suit—-Will Travel and the other Heinlein juveniles and traveled through Clifford Simak, Asimov, Clarke and on to William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams and Peter F Hamilton. And somewhere, submerged in the worlds of others, Rick began to create his own worlds. He has written over 60 books in over a dozen different series, and his short stories have been included in many different anthologies. He currently lives in norther Wyoming with his wife and their dog. Besides writing and reading science fiction and fantasy, he enjoys outdoor photography, hiking and camping.