Conscript: The Complete Series by John Walker

Sam Levine thought scraping by on Mars would get easier with time.It hasn’t.Once full of promise, he now survives as a freelance operator in the Empire’s shadow—taking jobs no one wants just to stay afloat. It’s not the life he imagined, but it’s predictable. And predictability keeps him alive.Until a high-risk offer lands in his lap. One job. One payout. A chance to finally break free. Against his better judgment, Sam takes the risk.He has no idea what he’s stepped into.As the Empire fractures and an alien threat presses at its borders, his gamble becomes tangled in forces that could decide the fate of entire worlds.Sam never wanted to matter on a galactic scale.But the galaxy may not care what he wants.