Lock & Load

Military science fiction and space opera. Book 3 and conclusion of the Valley of Fire trilogy.

In the heart of the Fire Nebula, war rages across the stars. Wolf and Mariella have flown shuttles, fought boarders, and buried friends. Now they are trading cockpits for mechs and carrying the fight to the empire that struck their homeworlds.

With elite squadrons, old battleships revived from a long sleep, and alliances hanging by a thread, the Kingdom of Iraklis goes on the offensive. But victory takes more than firepower. Visitors from the Solarian Empire arrive with answers about Wolf's past, old grudges come due, and an emperor who has never lost a fight is waiting at the end of the road.

• Powered armor and mech combat
• Fleet actions with battleship AIs in the fight
• A married couple who go to war together
• An ending that pays off three books of setup

Set in the universe of John Van Stry's Wolfhounds series. Follows Misplaced and To Hand. The trilogy is complete.

Contains adult language, violence, and sexual situations.