If you loved following Kylara Vatta—from Academy expulsion to captaining a risky commercial venture—through firefights, merc deals, and snap tactical calls, you’ll click with Devi Morris in Fortune’s Pawn. Devi signs on to a dangerous security gig aboard the Glorious Fool, where every port hides a new ambush, black-ops secret, or moral gray zone. Like Ky juggling commerce with combat and navigating murky employers, Devi’s head-on competence and quick-trigger problem-solving drive a cascade of high-stakes scrapes that deliver the same adrenaline-charged, character-forward ride.

Ky’s turn from disgraced cadet to decisive captain—pulling profit and survival out of a volatile war zone—mirrors Honor Harrington’s crucible on remote Basilisk. In On Basilisk Station, Honor faces a thankless post, political meddling, and a looming crisis, and she wins not by luck but by doctrine, nerve, and disciplined command decisions. If Ky’s cool-headed planning, shipboard procedure, and duty-before-comfort choices hooked you, Honor’s chess-match against bureaucrats, smugglers, and a superior fleet will scratch the same itch.

Ky’s plunge from a straightforward haul into merc tangles and shooting wars echoes the way routine shipping in Leviathan Wakes erupts into conspiracy and conflict. When a seemingly simple job spirals into piracy, corporate secrets, and interplanetary brinkmanship—much like Ky’s risky detours through contested space—you get kinetic ship-to-ship tension, political fallout, and hard choices that test a crew’s loyalties and survival instincts.

If Ky’s journey—from public failure to commanding her own ship, cutting deals, and surviving a shooting gallery of mercenary entanglements—was the hook, Miles Vorkosigan’s first outing will resonate. In The Warrior’s Apprentice, a setback forces Miles off the straight military path, and he pivots into wildly inventive entrepreneurship and command, bluffing his way through cargo runs, armed escorts, and escalating firefights. That same can-do audacity and fast-learning leadership arc makes this a perfect follow-up.

Loved how Ky has to think on her feet—plotting routes through hostile space, weighing contracts against survival, and executing sharp tactical pivots when ambushed? Dauntless drops you into nonstop engagements where command decisions under fire determine everything. Captain Geary must fight his fleet home through enemy territory, balancing logistics, morale, and maneuvers the way Ky balances tradeoffs between profit and protection—resulting in the same breathless, momentum-driven experience.