Format: E-Galley, 220 pages
Release Date: October 14, 2025
Publisher: Jennifer Estep
Source: Jennifer Estep
Genre: Science Fiction / Romance
A WOMAN WHO DREAMS OF THE FUTURE . . .
Once upon a time, I was Vesper Quill, a lowly lab rat using my seer magic and engineering skills to repair broken appliances at a Regal-owned corporation. These days, I’m one of the most infamous and wanted fugitives in the Archipelago Galaxy, along with Kyrion Caldaren, my partner.
Kyrion and I are hiding out on a distant planet when we are offered a chance to train at a prestigious facility in hopes of better understanding our truebond, the psionic connection that lets us share thoughts, feelings, skills, and more.
Mastering our magic is the only way we can hope to defeat our many enemies and make my dreams of a safe future a reality, so Kyrion and I accept the invitation. But evil forces are at work, and our training exercise is not what it seems, plunging us both into another deadly situation with only bad options.
A MAN WHO CAN’T ESCAPE HIS PAST . . .
I’ve always been Kyrion Caldaren, a Regal lord with telekinesis, telepathy, telempathy, and other powerful psionic abilities. I might have gone rogue from the Arrows, the Imperium’s elite warriors, but my fighting skills are as sharp and deadly as ever.
Vesper Quill and I need help with our truebond, so we agree to participate in a rigorous training exercise designed to test the depths of our connection. But a new enemy has other plans, and we’re soon separated and confronted with one dangerous obstacle after another.
But my love for Vesper is stronger than any forces set against us, and I’ll do whatever it takes to make my way back to her—and kill anyone who gets in my way.
Once upon a time, I was Vesper Quill, a lowly lab rat using my seer magic and engineering skills to repair broken appliances at a Regal-owned corporation. These days, I’m one of the most infamous and wanted fugitives in the Archipelago Galaxy, along with Kyrion Caldaren, my partner.
Kyrion and I are hiding out on a distant planet when we are offered a chance to train at a prestigious facility in hopes of better understanding our truebond, the psionic connection that lets us share thoughts, feelings, skills, and more.
Mastering our magic is the only way we can hope to defeat our many enemies and make my dreams of a safe future a reality, so Kyrion and I accept the invitation. But evil forces are at work, and our training exercise is not what it seems, plunging us both into another deadly situation with only bad options.
A MAN WHO CAN’T ESCAPE HIS PAST . . .
I’ve always been Kyrion Caldaren, a Regal lord with telekinesis, telepathy, telempathy, and other powerful psionic abilities. I might have gone rogue from the Arrows, the Imperium’s elite warriors, but my fighting skills are as sharp and deadly as ever.
Vesper Quill and I need help with our truebond, so we agree to participate in a rigorous training exercise designed to test the depths of our connection. But a new enemy has other plans, and we’re soon separated and confronted with one dangerous obstacle after another.
But my love for Vesper is stronger than any forces set against us, and I’ll do whatever it takes to make my way back to her—and kill anyone who gets in my way.
Only Rogue Actions is the 5th installment in author Jennifer Estep's Galactic Bonds series. This series features and alternates between Vesper Quill, a once-lowly lab rat who is also a seer, and Kyrion Calderon, a dangerous man who was once an assassin and the galaxy's most feared soldier. Two weeks after their last harrowing escape in Only Cold Depths, Kyrion and Vesper are laying low with allies, including Asterin Armas and Siya Collier, thanks to the recommendation by Verona and Aldritch Collier.
They are still reeling from the bounty on their heads and the ever-looming threat of the villainous Techwave syndicate, led by General Orion Ocnus, Nerezza, Vesper's evil mother, and Lord Callus Holloway, who wants the true bonded couple, just as he once did with Kyrion's parents. Desperate to harness their "truebond"—a rare psionic link that lets them share thoughts, emotions, skills, and even magical abilities—the pair accepts an invitation to train at a cutting-edge facility owned by the influential House Bettis.
What starts as a seemingly straightforward session in a high-tech maze designed to simulate diverse environments and challenges quickly spirals into chaos when they are forced to surrender their weapons and face unexpected perils. Kyrion, Regal lord and ex-Arrow (the Imperium's elite psionic warriors), is a force of nature: telekinetic, telepathic, and lethally skilled in combat, yet his vulnerability shines through in his fierce protectiveness toward Vesper, who has saved his life as many as he saved hers.
Kyrion ends up facing a deadly challenge against a man known for hunting people he considers worthy. He must fight without any weapons or the use of his unique abilities and hope Vesper finds a way to survive. Vesper has a knack for devising ingenious fixes and getting out of sticky places, which is why so many people want her. When she makes plans, they mostly go sideways, and the pair end up fighting for their lives. Vesper has been the target of the Techwave people because she may hold the key to unlocking dangerous weapons they can use against Holloway.
This story is relatively short at 220 pages. The final chapter of this story, which I won't spoil except to say that we are not even close to having Vesper or Kyrion safe from those who want them destroyed. The evil machinations of one character in particular have yet to be entirely played out, and honestly, I would love to see this character fall into a black hole sometime soon.
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