Soldier of Empire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781739283759)

Silver Medal winner Global Books Awards 2024.

Highly commended Giant Leap SF competition 2018.

Praise for Dodecahedral series:

★★★★★ "Think Dune meets Classic Star Wars-and yet entirely its own beast. A thrilling ride from start to finish." - Reader's Favorite

★★★★★ "A masterful debut that delivers a gripping story, rich characters, and dazzling world-building. Fans of Red Rising will love this!" - Amazon Reviewer

★★★★★ "A spellbinding space opera that grabs you by the throat and never lets go. Dodecahedral is the next big thing in science fiction." - The Book Review Directory

When their Imperial dragonship is attacked, Guy Erma, bodyguard to the King, survives. However Teodor of Earth is missing and feared dead. Why? How? Did Guy abandon his King and save himself first?

Now Guy has to find his friend and his King to clear his name. But where is he? Guy pushed his King into a VIP pod, which should have been the safest escape, but instead has disappeared somewhere on Sas Darona, a vast unexplored and under developed planet. No maps, no comms, no civilisation, to find any clues, Guy has to steal into the pirate Scavengii base deep within the broken moon - what will he find? And what next?

Meanwhile King Teodor survived but has been sold into slavery in a crystal mine. He's lost without his title, his wealth and his army and forced to work with his bare hands to bring valuable ores to the surface. Driven by a desperate need to escape back to the life he knew he befriends a group of native tribesboys, seasonal workers in the same mine. They are friendly, but how or why will they help him escape? Even if he escapes, Teodor is a world away fom his military bases to the North, how long before he comes home?

If you love complex, multi-layered science fiction action adventure as in Classic Star Wars or the detailed world building and political machinations of Frank Herbert's Dune this new award winning series is for you.