Shepherd Security Services Books
Author Robert M. Kerns returns to Space Opera Science Fiction with The Shepherd , a novel of Shepherd Security Services. Stolen livestock. A determined heir. A fateful choice. Alex spends his days learning to manage the family sheep ranch. He wants nothing more than to take over when his parents retire, because his family has owned and worked it since the Westward Expansion. But all is not well in Southwestern Wyoming. Five neighboring ranches have been raided, all their livestock stolen without a trace… each on a new moon. Alex feels his family’s ranch is next and decides to spend the night with the flock when the next new moon comes around. That decision changes his life forever. How will Alex survive in an alien society? Find out in The Shepherd !
Nevask Shipping handles over one-third of the Confederation’s cargoes. It is a family company dating back to the earliest days of commercial spaceflight. It has a problem. A major problem. Persons unknown routinely raid Nevask shipments. Very specific shipments. Low-volume, high-value cargoes disappear at least twice a month. There must be someone on the inside picking the targets. But when the latest internal investigation turns up nothing—yet again—Sukal Nevask takes a chance on a new security firm. Shepherd Security Services. Join Alex and company for their next adventure and find out what awaits them in Colfyr .
Lynxeen. It's one of the Confederation's younger colonies and an idyllic world... As long as its weather control system functions. When that necessary system fails without warning, the Confederation calls the Shepherd and his team to oversee the relief convoys' escorts. But escort duty isn't their mission for long. Join Alex and Shepherd Security Services as they uncover the heinous secrets behind this not-so-natural disaster.
Korvira—the Crown Princess of Vorcalix—enjoys a rare day out of the palace. Farmers' markets. Local crafters. Meeting the people she will one day rule. It's the necessary connection to "regular" people that everyone in power should maintain. But when a commotion distracts her security for one moment too long, Korvira vanishes. When the ransom note arrives at the palace, there's only one team the King will trust with the safety of his daughter. Join Shepherd Security Services in a race against time to once again bring Korvira home safe and sound.
Three years. Three long years, Alex has hoped to find a way back. Now, the explorer ship Magellan has done just that. Sol. The birthplace of Humanity. The Ninhar Confederation's legendary True Home. But when the triumphal return becomes a rescue mission within minutes of arrival, it sets Alex on the path to a point of no return. Join Shepherd Security Services for their next adventure... where Alex learns why "you can't go home anymore."