Download or read book The Gold Service written by Allen Ivers and published by Getaway Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miscreants, malcontents, degenerates, scoundrels. Sounds like a good time. And it was until the crew of the small smuggler ship Aurum found themselves in the clutches of an Imperial Admiral. Captain Osyen thought going back to prison was as bad as it could get. Turns out the Navy has a job for his team, one only they could pull off. Retrieve a mysterious and powerful artifact from the most dangerous sector of human-controlled space, rife with pirates and worse. Bring it back, and they'd have their slates wiped clean. Prison would almost be preferable to this suicide mission, but saying no might not be an option. And trust is in thin supply. To make matters worse, a rogue Imperial officer seems dead set on ensuring they fail. ◆◆◆ ✯✯✯✯✯ -- "If Firefly had a meaner older brother, this would be it." Join this colorful ensemble—a handsome conman, a snarky gunslinger, a cautious cyborg, a reckless bruiser, an aging mechanic, a disgraced royal, and their young cabin boy—in an adventure that reviewers have praised as "...full of twists, turns and back-stabbing" and "...filled a Firefly-shaped hole in my heart..."