Book 1 of the Thaddeus Marcell Chronicles. Thad Marcell is a veteran mercenary on a side quest to locate his own homeworld, one from which he was abducted a long time ago and does not exist on any galactic maps. So when his spies discover a woman he once knew from home, he must take his fastest starships on a daring missing to rescue her from a slave ship at a distant refueling station near the Waverly System. The distance is great, time is short, and he’s a wanted man with enemies on all sides. It’s incredibly risky, but he’s determined to succeed at any cost, because she could be the clue that finally leads him home…
