Smuggler’s Rebellion: Dawn of Defiance

By Daniel P. Douglas

Deal Ends: Sat 5th September

Jake Jones has three rules: fly solo, make money, stay alive.He hauls contraband through the wildest frontier in a freighter held together by rust and stubbornness. His only companion is INCA, a ship AI with more opinions than a station-side preacher. Jake doesn't do causes, crews, or complications.Then he opens the wrong cargo container.Inside: Princess Adara Jabez, on the run from the theocratic empire that treated her as property. And Number 34, a two-meter-tall soccer robot with a cockney accent and a habit of solving problems with a well-placed kick. They need to reach a rebel battlecruiser that Jake is fairly sure doesn't exist.It exists. And aboard it, Jake walks into a war briefing he never asked for. Two rival empires have planned a false flag attack on the galaxy's largest space station to frame the rebellion and start a war. The only proof sits inside Andrasian territory, held by one intelligence contact behind enemy lines. Jake, Adara, and Number 34 draw the mission.What follows takes them through pirate ambushes, military blockades, and deep into hostile space, with Adara's vengeful brother, warships armed with cloaking technology, and a spy with a personal grudge closing in behind them. Along the way, Number 34 launches herself into the void to disable an enemy warship armed with nothing but her favorite ball.The strangers in his cargo hold become the people he would die to protect."Fast-paced and morally charged, this compelling sci-fi novel offers readers a relentless fight for justice, daring escapes, and a reluctant hero caught in a galaxy-wide battle." Readers' Favorite, 5 Stars"A strong start to what looks like a fantastic sci-fi series." Readers' Favorite, 5 StarsSmuggler's Rebellion: Dawn of Defiance, Book I of the Wild Frontier Chronicles. Space opera with frontier grit. A reluctant hero who finds his fight. A crew that becomes a family. And a soccer robot who kicks harder than anything else in the galaxy.For fans of Firefly, The Mandalorian, and The Expanse. Start the adventure.