The novel “Ballistic” by Marko Kloos was published for the first time in 2020. It’s the second book in The Palladium Wars series and follows “Aftershocks”.

Aden Robertson joined the crew of the merchant spaceship Zephyr but things get complicated when they agree to transport a cargo without knowing its nature. On the planet Gretia, Color Sergeant Idina Chaudhary must pay attention to new possible acts of terrorism, and finding a boy in possession of an army-issued gun opens a new front of investigation.

When Lieutenant Commander Dunstan Park discovers a spaceship far more powerful than the one he commands half-destroyed with no trace of survivors, he quickly realizes that he may face a battle with an unknown enemy. Solveig Ragnar is adapting to her new job but her relationship with her father is complicated and a trip to the planet Acheron for a very important business meeting offers her the opportunity to escape his control.