Half a millennium after the Terran Empire virtually extinguished the human race during a vicious civil war, mankind has once again reached the stars.Princess Kelsey Bandar, second in line to the Imperial Throne, fast talks her way onto the latest exploration mission into the corpse of the Old Empire. Not even the presence of her hated half brother can ruin things now.Only the Old Empire isn't quite dead after all. Evil lurks in the darkness. With everything she holds dear at stake, Kelsey must fight. Victory means life. Defeat means death. Or worse.This omnibus edition contains Books 1-3 in The Empire of Bones Saga (Empire of Bones, Veil of Shadows, and Command Decisions), as well as a previously unpublished short story.