Cerberus

Broke and trapped by addiction, Nolan Garrett is a shadow of the elite Silverguard sniper he once was before a grenade shattered his spine. When an old army comrade offers him a paramilitary contract — a target protected by the full might of the Imperial Defense Force — the bounty is too good to refuse. It comes with a cybernetic suit that restores mobility to his paralyzed legs. But when the shadow op goes sideways, Nolan must choose between saving his friend and keeping his ability to walk.

Nolan Garrett is Cerberus, government assassin — armed with cutting-edge weapons and an AI-run cybernetic suit. When he finds Bex, a junkie and former elite soldier, on his doorstep, he takes her in. Silverguards don't leave their own behind. But his act of loyalty puts him in the crosshairs of the most powerful cartel in New Avalon, and he must fight through an army of gangbangers and thugs while still carrying out his mission.

Nolan is hunting a pair of thieves who broke into a military armory — and the stolen weapons are already flooding the streets of New Avalon with blood. The trail leads him to the last place he ever wanted to go: home. On the planet he thought he had left behind forever, he is swept into a conflict between his first love and his oldest enemy, and uncovers dark secrets that could destroy them both.

Nolan's combat suit has been hacked, his weaponry dismantled, and his AI Taia taken offline. All he has left are his wits and the help of Bex, the former Silverguard he pulled from addiction. His enemy is a mysterious hacker known only as Ex-Umbra — a threat his elite training never prepared him for — who is racing to expose the truth about Nolan's existence to the entire galaxy.

Nolan's new target is Captain Drexel of the SSE Armada — smuggler, enemy combatant, and suspected terrorist. A bit of bluffing and fast cyber-work from Taia gets him close enough to pull the trigger. Then the mission collapses: a friend who should be dead returns, a series of brutal murders unfolds, and mysterious armored enemies with stealth technology appear. Alone and surrounded by hostiles, Nolan has only his skills, his armor, and his AI.

The contract is simple: execute the only honest detective in New Avalon. Nolan has carried out countless hits — why should this be different? But as he digs into his target, he is pulled into a tangled web of murders, blackmail, victim trafficking, and corruption reaching the highest levels of Imperial government. With Taia and Bex at his side, he races to clean up the evil before it destroys everything he loves.

When Nolan's old Warbeast teammates drag him into a surgical strike on a former soldier turned gunrunner, he discovers his target is a sharpshooter who matches him in cunning, ruthlessness, and elite training. Life and death hang on a split-second trigger pull. If Nolan isn't faster, better, and smarter, he may not walk away.

A shadow organization of assassins has marked Nolan for death in retribution for their fallen leader. Joined by Bex and Taia, he battles through ranks of hardened killers in a fight to be the last one standing. Even with all his skill and cutting-edge weaponry, a cadre of murderers-for-hire out for blood may prove more than even Cerberus can handle.

Nolan's latest mission — and he is determined to make it his last — sends him after Sic Semper Tyrannis, radicals planning a violent uprising to restore the defeated Terran League. The only way to defeat the beast is from within. Nolan must go undercover and masquerade as a terrorist to subvert their plans before they launch a bloody coup that threatens millions.

Nolan is locked in the deepest black site in the Nyzarian Empire — cut off from Taia, separated from his mobility-restoring armor, and at the mercy of a sadistic warden and her scientist. Armed with only his cunning, ruthlessness, and raw willpower, he must find a way to break himself and his brother out of the most secure detention facility in the Empire.

Armed with proof that Agent Styver betrayed him and had him locked in the Vault, Nolan is determined to sever ties with the Protection Bureau once and for all. Even with a small army of fellow Silverguards and an upgraded Taia, he is taking on the most powerful secret government organization in the Empire — and things escalate dangerously when the Bureau decides to threaten everyone he loves.

Nolan has bought his freedom from the Protection Bureau at a terrible cost — and now must race to save his brother's life from the disease that is slowly killing them both. The search for a cure sends Warbeast Team to Terra Omega, the world where Nolan lost everything and where his story truly began. There they face monstrous creatures, inhuman soldiers, and technology deadlier than anything previously encountered.

Nolan finally has his true target in sight: Janus Bennett — super-augmented soldier, shadowy head of the Protection Bureau, and the most powerful general's right-hand man. Bennett is holding Jadis and Roz hostage. Nolan must rescue the civilians, save his brother's life, and eliminate the threat to the Empire — all while facing an enemy who commands an entire army. The final book in the Cerberus series.