In Dark Service

Carter has been kidnapped, and though his father is a pacifist, he's about to choose the path of violence to reclaim his son—and together, they will have their vengeance

Jacob Carnehan has settled down. He's living a comfortable, quiet life, obeying the law and minding his own business while raising his son Carter. . . on those occasions when he isn't having to bail him out of one scrape or another. His days of adventure are—thankfully—long behind him. Carter Carnehan is going out of his mind with boredom. He's bored by his humdrum life, frustrated that his father won't live a little, and longs for the bright lights and excitement of anywhere-but-here. He's longing for an opportunity to escape, and test himself against whatever the world has to offer. Carter is going to get his opportunity. He's caught up in a village fight, kidnapped by slavers and, before he knows it, is swept to another land. A lowly slave, surrounded by technology he doesn't understand, his wish has come true: it's him vs. the world. He can try to escape, he can try to lead his fellow slaves, or he can accept the inevitable and try to make the most of the short, brutal existence remaining to him. . . unless Jacob gets to him first and, no matter the odds, he intends to. No one kidnaps his son and gets away with it—and if it come to it, he'll force Kings to help him on his way, he'll fight, steal, blackmail, and betray his friends in the name of bringing Carter home. Wars will be started. Empires will fall. And the Carnehan family will be reunited, one way or another. . .

Stephen Hunt is the author of the Far-Called series and the Jackelian series, which includesThe Court of the Air.