If you’ve read What’s Bred in the Bone and A Bone to Pick, you’re two-thirds through the XK9 “Bones” Trilogy. What’s next? Bone of Contention! Jan is currently writing this book.

XK9 Rex is a dog who dreams too big . . . Now he may lose everything.

Rex and his Packmates were bio-engineered and cyber-enhanced to be cutting edge law enforcement tools. But they’re more than super-smart forensic tools with cold, wet noses and wagging tails. Their human allies on Rana Station claim the XK9s are sapient beings.

Rex and the Pack have begun to enjoy the freedom Ranans believe they deserve. But they also have work to do. They’re hot on the trail of a murderous gang that explodes spaceships in the Black Void of space—killing all the souls onboard.

Mass murder in the Black Void is a hideous crime. But in the far-flung systems of the Alliance of the Peoples, trafficking in sapient beings is even more deeply reviled.

Inspectors from the Alliance of the Peoples are headed to Rana, to test the XK9s’ sapience claim. The leaders of the XK9 Project that created Rex and his Pack deny wrongdoing. And the system-dominating Transmondian Government that sponsored the XK9 Project will do anything they must to protect themselves.

Even if it means destroying every XK9 in the universe.

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Bone of Contention wraps up the XK9 “Bones” Trilogy. It answers key questions about XK9 sapience and brings the Izgubil Investigation to a conclusion. But the XK9s’ story doesn’t end with the Trilogy. Learn more about planned future projects once this book is finished! Meanwhile, where can you get more XK9 stories?

Chapter One Sneak Peek

Chapter Two Sneak Peek