EMPIRE — Stephanie Osborn

There are some jobs too subtle, too sensitive, or too dangerous for the bureaucracy. The Empress Amanda has a solution: a secret espionage network that reports to the Emperor Trajan alone.And they have just the man to set it up.Nick Ashton gets his most difficult assignment yet - Section Six!Its first mission: Wingard Sector, where someone is interfering with the Emperor's plans. There's another word for that:Treason!