Galactic Terror — Michael Robertson

She once ruled the stars—pilot, hacker, covert operative. Now? Sparks is a ghost, drifting through dive bars and forgotten outposts on the edge of known space. Hunted by blood-soaked memories. Haunted by the things she's done—and the ones she couldn't save. But this shadow life can't last forever. When a stranger—half-lit in neon and speaking in partial truths—offers her a way back, Sparks knows better than to trust him. It reeks of a trap. Maybe it is. But she's done running. She's done hiding. And if this is the path to her own destruction… then so be it. Galactic Terror is the explosive first book in a grim dark space opera series—perfect for fans of firepower, betrayal, and broken heroes who refuse to stay down.