The Eye of Orion, Book 1: Gearjackers

Long ago, a geneticist butchered the population of an entire planet. The galaxy believes the doctor died when knight-mercenaries blockaded the world and destroyed every ship that rose from the surface.

Now a young hacker - a fugitive in his own right - has learned that the doctor may be alive and developing a new superweapon. Steo and his crew of aliens and outcasts set out to track down the old war criminal and stop him. They will certainly be surprised to find what the doctor has been growing in his lab. And shocked to discover an even more sinister presence behind the doctor’s experiments.