If you loved how Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr keeps diplomats breathing and Marines in line on Silsviss—with steel-nerved decisions during that jungle march and the siege that follows—you’ll click with Devi Morris. In Fortune’s Pawn, Devi takes a high-risk security job aboard the Glorious Fool and faces volatile aliens, sketchy employers, and firefights that demand the same razor-sharp, sergeant-level judgment Torin shows when she turns a doomed stand into a survivable plan. It’s punchy, high-caliber action anchored by a no-nonsense pro you can trust when the room starts exploding.

Miss the dry, battlefield wit Torin uses to corral a Krai, a di’Taykan, and a bunch of nervous diplomats—and the way one bad moment on Silsviss can spark a planetary incident? The Android’s Dream opens with a disastrously funny diplomatic meeting that snowballs into an interstellar standoff. You’ll get Scalzi’s rapid-fire sarcasm, government spooks, and trigger-happy problem‑solvers who talk like Marines under fire, all while trying to keep a shooting war from breaking out over the strangest of MacGuffins.

If escorting dignitaries to Silsviss was supposed to be simple—and then turned into a last‑stand scramble through hostile territory—you’ll appreciate Planetside. Colonel Carl Butler is sent to a distant base to find a missing VIP, and the straightforward op unravels into cover‑ups, off‑limits zones, and choices as thorny as Torin’s when the ‘simple’ mission drops her into a warzone. It’s tight, tactical, and mission-focused, with that same escalating sense of “keep your people alive, then untangle the lies.”

If the Silsviss’ honor codes and clan politics—and how they twist Torin’s battlefield options—hooked you, A Darkling Sea will scratch that itch. On the ocean world Ilmatar, humans and the crustacean Ilmatarans collide under a restrictive treaty, and every move has cultural stakes as big as the firefights on Silsviss. The clashes come from misunderstanding alien norms as much as from weapons—exactly the kind of cross‑cultural tension that made Torin’s diplomacy‑under‑fire so compelling.

If you were drawn to the Confederation’s delicate negotiations on Silsviss—where Torin knows one misstep can ignite a planetary bloodbath—A Memory Called Empire delivers that same knife‑edge tension. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare navigates an imperial court full of factions and hidden knives, and the stakes feel as immediate as Torin shepherding her diplomats through a city ready to explode. It’s all about reading the room, choosing your allies, and surviving the fallout when the powerful play games.