Brother, simply by Nigel Fairs

Auron scientist Gustav Nyrron is back again aboard the Liberator, on his method home. But Avon will not trust him, and soon a drugged Nyrron wakes to find himself in Avon’s handbags on a devastated world. In this desert, their pasts are looking forward to them… and a devastating truth that may shake their very beliefs to the core.

Poison, by Iain McLaughlin

Federation Freighter Antares is a ship with many secrets. Exactly why is it making regular runs to a greatly guarded frontier globe? How come the hold out of bounds? And who’s watching the crew’s every move?

Events have a dangerous convert when two new recruits seriously plank. Will Jance and Voss survive their initial mission together?

Escape From Future, by Andrew Smith

When the Liberator receives a distress signal from a planet it once helped conserve, Cally and Vila journey to a civilisation around the brink of collapse.

Now there, they encounter Pasco, a scientist Cally first met years ago. The Federation is definitely closing on Destiny – but should Vila and Cally stand in the way this time?