Convergence

        Convergence is the first book in the Edge of Empire series.

    On the far edges of a great empire, Conner grows up in a hidden asteroid base full of brutal raiders and pirates, and learns to despise the cruelty around him. At the other end of space, at the Imperial Capitol, Stuart Cameron fights the tedium of a life spent driving shuttles from one dock to another and starts to look for adventure. When Stuart joins an expedition to the remote frontier and Conner sees a chance to break free from his life, their destinies begin to converge, as do the greater forces that will catch them in the middle...