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Completely rewritten!

Tanya, a techie, is the newest member of the crew of the Queen Anne's Revenge. Her former crewmates considered her as a trouble maker not worthy of keeping her position aboard their cargo ship. They were about to sell her into a life of slavery in the Alliance, but Doc and Nathaniel Roberts rescued her. She made a six-year commitment to Nathaniel, as a bridge officer, in exchange for her freedom. She is loyal to him.
Natasha is the name of the starship's AI. Tanya is teaching her avatar on how to act more like humans. That means learning how to lie and cheat. She rarely leaves Tanya's side and serves as her companion.
Nathaniel Roberts recently took over as captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge. During the last three years, the Alliance confiscated everything of value except his ship. That is next. He also lost his extended family and friends. They were either conscripted into the military or brain wiped and given a new personality in their reeducation centers.
Captain Roberts and his crew are at the end of their resources. If he doesn't make the next tax payment, he will lose the starship and maybe his life. The Alliance military is watching him, making sure that he doesn't escape. The next time the Alliance boards his ship will be his last time. His first command decision is escaping the Alliance and crossing the border into the Collation of Free Worlds where he can start a new life.
He and his crew will become exiles; he doesn't care. Nathaniel has no intention of returning to Alliance territory. Now, it is up to Captain Roberts to restore his family wealth and get revenge against the Alliance for what they did to his friends and family.
Nathaniel is unaware that the Alliance is breaking a century-old treaty in preparation for war. The Alliance isn't alone; they have formed a pact with the Crimson Tide, a pirate organization. Captain Roberts won't be facing one enemy; he will be facing two. He will have to fight both of them while trying to make a new home for his crew.

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About the Author

I got hooked on reading early in life, reading nearly everything I could get my hands on including the Encyclopedia Britannica. As well as being an avid reader I enjoyed bicycling, skateboarding, fishing, and building models and puzzles. As far back as I can remember, I loved anything to do with aircraft. I joined the USAF as an aircraft mechanic working on the F-4, T-38, F-117. and the F-16. A knee injury stopped me from working on aircraft. My knee couldn't support me on the odd angles and slick surfaces. While in the USAF I attended college. My second love was tormenting my English teacher. I found out she had a fear of death, then she was at my mercy. Anything she said not to do I did just to show her I could. Every essay or theme I wrote dealt with the topic of death, from the first-person perspective of a person undergoing an autopsy, being buried alive, and rising from the grave. She was glad when I graduated. Some authors who inspired me are Robert Heinlein, Harry Harrison, Alan Dean Foster, Piers Anthony, and much more.