Roughneck is a standalone book in the Bloom Chronicles series by Jason Halstead.

Danis IV showed a lot of promise. It was an earthlike system with similar size, gravity, and climate. The problem was the system was out of the way of any major shipping routes and there was next to nothing else in the solar system worth the time spent exploring it.

New Horizons wasn't a bottom line corporation focused on just exploiting existing natural resources. They played a longer game ? a game that involved setting up a colony to inhabit the planet and then recoup their considerable expenses over the long term.

What the would be colonists didn't, and couldn't, know is they weren't the first ones there. As quiet and idyllic as the planet seemed, it had a dark secret. For all their technology and experience, the colonists of Danis IV are about to find out they're the top of the food chain anymore.

Look for these Bloom Chronicles stories!

Book 1 ? The Exception Clause

Book 2 ? Domination

Book 3 ? Roughneck

Book 4 - No Exceptions

Book 5 - Aluzia