Associated Space is a novel by Marcus Johnston, co-creator of Tech Infantry and The Spectrum Wars, as well the Astonia and Dutch In Space universes. He is a Troper himself. The story concerns the "miraculous adventures" of Fatebane, a covert operations specialist about 800 years in the future, working for one political faction in the Terran Associated States. What starts out as a regular mission turns out to go awry, getting him dragged into a plot to prevent a civil war, and the destruction of the Association along with it. Of course, nothing ever goes according to plan... if there was a plan to begin with. Can Fatebane reunite two star-crossed lovers, save the universe, and live to collect his paycheck?