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Empire's End - Sten 8
Sten decides to overthrow the Eternal Emperor and with his friends, sets off on a hunt for the hidden source of Anti-Matter 2, the fuel on which the empire runs and the location of which is known only to the Emperor. He eventually ends up in an alternate universe in a life and death struggle with the emperor. While there, he discovers the secret of the Emperor's immortality....
Sten
Sten is just a laborer on Vulcan, until he sees a secret he's not supposed to and is targeted for death. He's taken away and trained first as a soldier and then as a spy, then sent back to Vulcan to find out exactly what this secret is that's worth killing for....
The Court of a Thousand Suns - Sten 3
Someone is out to capture and/or assassinate the Eternal Emperor and his chief bodyguard Sten is investigating to find out who's behind it....
The Wolf Worlds
Sten is sent to put a friendly government in power in the Wolf worlds. But he backs the wrong horse. After wiping out a rival, the side he decides to back turns out to be cruel and dictatorial, and many of Sten's men are taken prisoner. Sten must rescue them and set things right....

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Vortex - Sten 7
Sten is called on to restore piece in the Altacs, which is ruled by a brutal dictator appointed by the Eternal Emperor. But Sten finds he can't support the dictator, and things go to pieces there, forcing Sten to not only choose sides but fight merely to survive. And something is very wrong with the Eternal Emperor......