The novel “Going Dark” by Linda Nagata was published for the first time in 2015. It’s the third book of The Red trilogy and follows “The Trials”.

James Shelley dropped everything to join an unofficial and unrecognized team conducting covert operations to thwart possible global threats. Their targets are indicated by the Red, which is supposed to provide the information needed to hit targets most effectively.

When a mission turns out to be full of unexpected events, Shelley and his team find themselves in a complicated situation. What is supposed to be a laboratory where they develop biological weapons seems to have very different purposes. Troubles at the team’s escape route lead to serious consequences that leave doubt about the Red’s intelligence. It’s evidence that the Red can’t be trusted.

The novel “Stargazer: New Home – Ancient Foes” (“Stargazer: Neue Heimat – Alte Feinde”) by Ivan Ertlov was published for the first time in 2021 and translated from German by Marly Gram. It’s the second book in the After Terra series and follows “Stargazer: The Ultimate Artefact”.

An area of the Milky Way arm that belongs neither to the Protectorate nor to the Plachtharr Alliance is used by pirates, criminals, and various groups of different species acting outside any law of the interstellar coalitions. This becomes more than just a nuisance to a mining consortium that lost physical assets that overall, have remarkable economical value and thousands of workers.

Frank Gazer and his unique group of fellow adventurers are the perfect envoys for an unofficial investigation. The crew of the starship Stargazer find themselves using special but limited resources in an area of space where dangers are unknown. The discovery they make is a huge surprise that can alter the balance in the entire galactic arm.