Burnside's Killer — Timothy Ellis

[Original Novella Version, now replaced by the novel length Extended Version]

Detective Richard Burnside is a long way from Earth system.

For two years he's been tracking a serial killer, and finally he falls only hours short of preventing the next kill.

Avon PD are as much use as any other PD when it comes to this killer, but this time, has the killer finally slipped up?

Thinking you know the next target doesn't help much unless someone will believe you.

General Price introduces Burnside to Captain Jane, and with Janet's help, they set a trap for the killer on Hunter's Redoubt.

But is their suspect a serial killer or not?

And is there a payoff for the risk of being bait?

This is an MA-rated Science Fiction Thriller novella. It takes place immediately after the events in book 5: Hail the Hero.

The Hunter Legacy Universe
Is best read in this order:

The Hunter Legacy
Hero at Large
Hunted Hero Hunting
Send in the Hero
Make or Break the Hero
Hail the Hero
Burnside's Killer
Hire a Hero
Jane's Christmas
Hero to the Rescue
Hero at the Gates
The Long Road to Gaia
Home is Where the Hero Is
Hero in Darkness
Hero to the End

A.I. Destiny
Admiral of Gaia
Kingdom of Hunter's Run
Snark's Quest
Destiny Stone
Talisman of Tomorrow
Leader of Sector Ten

The Spacemage Chronicle
Yesterday's Spacemage
Today's Spacemage
Tomorrow's Spacemage

The Hunter Imperium
Crossover
Hunter's Terminus
Reaper's Crossroad
Blind into the Breach
Legend of Dreamwalker
Imperium Knight Chaos Rising
Imperator *forthcoming*


The Hunter Legacy Universe Series in the order written:
The Hunter Legacy
A.I. Destiny
The Spacemage Chronicle
The Hunter Imperium