Forged in Fire: Sci-Fi & Space Opera

And the only one watching his back is his captor.

When the immortal king Pietas is marooned on an alien world with no food and few survival tools, he knows it means sacrifice.

But half a million of his people sleep in cryostasis, trapped in their pods and it's up to him to rescue them.

He must manage it with an irascible mortal, an entire tribe of know-it-all sentient panthers, and one fascinating woman who's the designer of their people's finest weapons--and telepathic.

All while dealing with the most dysfunctional family in the history of forever...