USS Rebellion: Varanthi Territory: USS Hamilton Book 14 - Mark Wayne McGinnis

Written by Mark Wayne McGinnis
Read by Jimmy Moreland
Format: M4B

Captain Galvin Quintos thought he’d found peace on his Colorado ranch with the love of his life, Gail Pristy, far from the dangers of deep space command. But when Petty Officer Aubrey Laramie arrives with a desperate proposition, that quiet life explodes into stardust—and threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.

Laramie’s family faces financial ruin unless they can win the Rage Run Rally, a deadly competition where twenty ships race through hostile alien territory to steal precious minerals from three heavily guarded vaults. The prize? Fifty million credits. The catch? Most competitors don’t survive.

Against Pristy’s wishes, Quintos agrees to captain the mission, leaving behind the woman he loves for what he promises will be one last adventure. What starts as a simple heist quickly spirals into something far more dangerous. The Varnathi aren’t just defending their territory; they’re hunting for blood. Enforcer Ko’Rek T’Vann has waited decades for revenge against Quintos’s niece, Sonya Winters, whose pirate bloodline carries a debt written in violence and death.

Racing against corporate killers, bloodthirsty aliens, and mysterious competitors through deadly obstacle courses and mechanical death traps, Quintos must navigate not just the perils of space, but the complex loyalties of a crew caught between duty and desperation. The modified EFT-class vessel USS Rebellion becomes their lifeline, a ship that can split in two, combining the speed of a fighter with the cargo capacity of a freighter.

But when a deadly alien pathogen strikes Pristy back on Earth, the rally transforms from a dangerous gamble into a desperate race against time. With only hours to live, she needs the Gorvian alien nanites in Quintos’s blood to survive—if he can somehow complete the most dangerous heist in galactic history and reach her in time.

With vengeful enforcers, the entire Varnathi Navy closing in, and the woman he loves dying light-years away, Quintos faces an impossible choice between duty and love, between his crew’s survival and his heart’s desire.

In the void between stars, some treasures are worth more than money—they’re worth dying for.