Quinten Tamlan was once the scourge of the Republic. Then he disappeared...It's been seven long years for Quinten Tamlan. Scarred and bitter, he has lost direction and the spark of idealism that once fired his resolve. But when he is forced to take on a new crewmember, he is pulled back into a past that refuses to let go.Quinten believes he has his own problems. He believes he is alone and forgotten. He is wrong. Quite wrong.PERDITION is the first book in a six-book series set in a future human-dominated Republic. Unlike most space operas, PERDITION is a character-driven saga, in the fashion of CJ Cherryh, Lois McMaster Bujold and Iain M Banks.