Paxe admitted to taking Lucy Harris from Earth, and Bane has been looking for her ever since.Ĭommander Dray Helvan thinks the Grih made a mistake in not pushing for war with the Tecran, but he’s had to accept the compromise, that he and the other envoys from the United Council will go to Tecra and dismantle its military from the top down. But his mission isn’t only to rain down retribution on the people who kept him chained for years, he’s also looking for a human woman his fellow Class 5 thinking system mentioned in the final seconds of his life. He revels in the power he’s about to have over his old masters. The powerful AI battleship, Bane, is accompanying the United Council envoy to Tecra to mete out the punishment the Tecrans have earned for breaking UC law. When your very existence puts a planet at the risk of war, there’s no choice but to do everything in your power to stay out of your enemies hands.Ī predator. But even as her abductors chase her down, she realizes they don’t just want to recapture her, they want to erase her. Lucy Harris is on the run, not sure where she can turn to for help, or if help is even available. The pace of it was steady, the world and character building was excellent (like always) and although I probably say this about all the author’s books, Dark Horse is absolutely a top favorite of mine.DARK MATTERS. There is a check list of things I look for in a good SFR book and Diener has checked them all off. truly is a gem, highly polished and a wonderful read. “Dark Horse had everything I would want from a sci-fi story” In this race for the truth, he’s going to have to go against his leaders and trust the dark horse.ĭark Horse | Dark Deeds | Dark Minds | Dark Matters | Dark Ambitions: A Class 5 Novella | Dark Classįor fun: If you’re interested in the music of the Class 5 series, I’ve put together a page with links to all the songs Rose, Fiona, Imogen and Lucy sing in the books. And whatever else is out there is playing its own games. The Class 5’s owners, the Tecran, look set to start a war to get it back and Dav suspects Rose isn’t the only alien being who survived what happened on the Class 5. She seems small and harmless, but less and less about her story is adding up, and Dav has a bad feeling his crew, and maybe even the four planets, are in jeopardy. The only problem is, everyone onboard is dead, except for one strange, new alien being. He’s saved her from captivity and torture, but he’s also put her in the middle of a conflict, leaving Rose with her loyalties divided.Ĭaptain Dav Jallan doesn’t know why he and his crew have stumbled across an almost legendary Class 5 battleship, but he’s not going to complain.

Rose McKenzie may be far from Earth with no way back, but she’s made a powerful ally–a fellow prisoner with whom she’s formed a strong bond. Some secrets carry the weight of the world.

Dark Class by Michelle Diener