Science Fiction & Fantasy Author LJ Dix
New Releases
Royal Diplomacy
Book 6 of Diplomat’s Apprentice
Released August 27th, 2024
Which will prevail: Diplomacy or violence?
The League of Free Planets sent a diplomatic team to negotiate a settlement between two warring planets. Everyone knows to follow the rules of interstellar courtesy during talks.
But when one of those planets is tradition-bound Estancia, things quickly go sideways.
Unexpected threats have the League Council’s new president scrambling against a ticking countdown. Who better to turn to than his trusted friend’s mercenary team?
Except not one but two of the diplomats in question are related to the mercenaries, including Anwyn’s estranged mother.
Adding to the muddle, Anwyn and her new bodyguard haven’t fully integrated with the team—or gotten used to working with each other.
Allies rally to help, but an old enemy anticipates their arrival. The team has a mission…but nothing is quite as they expected.
Rescuing diplomatic hostages should be easy for an experienced mercenary team. But no one factored in an insurgency or a blizzard!
Preorder Available
Trading in Velocity
Book 2 of Star Trader Independence - a new thrilling space opera series
Coming November 2024
Valen’s Run
Prequel Novella to Star Trader Independence - a new thrilling space opera series
Released March 20th, 2024
Trading in Royalty
Book 1 of Star Trader Independence - a new thrilling space opera series
Released July 15th, 2024
Valen needs to get to his home planet to avert a crisis and save family members. But how did this come about? How does a mercenary ship captain manage to find himself on the run? And how does he arrive at the Star Trader Independence? Learn about his adventure and meet his friend the alien Shargrel and the resourceful street kid, Dee. Valen's Run is the action-packed prequel to Trading in Royalty.
Diplomat’s Apprentice Series
Diplomat's Apprentice: Book One
The best laid plans . . . Fall apart when family gets involved!
Space battles, daring rescues, dramatic chases, firefights and yes, even a bit of diplomacy, all make for a more exciting debut in an exciting new space opera series.
Pilot's Apprentice
Diplomat's Apprentice: Book Two
Join the circus, see the galaxy. . . to Anwyn this sounded like a great adventure!
But it might be more of an adventure than Anwyn expected.
Pilot's Quest
Diplomat's Apprentice: Book Three
Replacing a damaged engine part for the circus starship will lead Anwyn and Jemal into danger. Pirates, dangerous adversaries, and, of course, the special agents who have become part of Anwyn’s life, all get involved.
Will Anwyn and Jemal make it back with the replacement part, or become victims of a brewing planetary revolution?
Book 4
Diplomatic Decisons
Diplomat's Apprentice: Book Four
Anwyn loved her job at the Malcolm Star Circus. But after being offered an opportunity to join the mercenary team , she has a major decision to make. Adding to her problems, an old enemy, still bitter from his previous defeat, sees Anwyn as a means to get revenge on her prominent uncle.
Anwyn realizes she has something to prove, not just to her friends, but to herself. Can she rise to the challenge and emerge victorious? When things go terribly wrong, will she be able to rescue herself this time?
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Old Age and Treachery
Old Age and Treachery
An Exciting Space Adventure by LJ DIX
Rifka has been running freight convoys through space for decades. The company, and some of her crew, believe it might be time for her to retire.
But when pirates attack, Rifka and a ship on its last flight before being decommissioned might be the only thing standing between the fleet and destruction.
The pirates, and Rifka's crew, are about to learn discover a lesson about Old Age and Treachery!
LJ Dix is an emerging author of sci-fi adventures. She is an enthusiastic reader across multiple genres and a lifelong storyteller, frequently inventing tales for her children and grandchildren. Many of her current writing projects evolved from those tales.
When not writing, she can be found working in finance, studying global supply chains, spending time hiking and kayaking in beautiful Washington State, or working out and teaching Tae Kwon Do where she holds a fifth-degree black belt.