A Test of Honor

Sir Aidan Franklin has been betrayed. After three years campaigning in a brutal intergalactic war, what should be a joyous return is instead filled with grief and rage - his family is long dead from a suspicious "pox" and their land stolen. Seeking revenge against the corrupt rival Deputy who wronged him, he narrowly escapes the Capitol and joins the Redtail bandit gang, using his experience to train them into an army.
While preparing to enforce his House's claim by the sword, Aidan discovers a family secret dangerous enough to overturn the established order and plunge his homeworld into planet-wide civil war. How far will Aidan go to avenge his family and prove his honor?A tale of justice and oppression, longswords and plasma blasters, A Test of Honor is an eclectic, adrenaline-charged adventure set in a world of the future that echoes the past.
Book I of the Aidan's War Trilogy.