The Dreams of men and Pandas: (The Griffin Series: Book 2)

The story of exiled hero Garrand Médeville, a soldier fated to lead 37 mysterious giant pandas to salvation, and his beautiful partner in the endeavor, a woman who will do anything to avenge the loss of her family.

Garrand rescued the pandas from Lord Barrett's deadly planet smashers on the jungle world of El-Bouteran after unleashing the awesome power of a Byrethylen Wraith. The eclectic crew of Destiny's Needle broke the Imperial blockade and plunged the ship into a swirling maelstrom of white dwarf stars.
Now Destiny is fleeing a full supported Imperial strike force led by Garrand's mirror image, Captain of the Imperial Guard Vailetta Strom. Lord Barrett's master assassin, the Emperor's Butcher, is close on Garrand's heels. And the mercenary Gambor have been hired to hunt down the pandas and eradicate all who stand in their way.
Will Garrand manage to unravel the pandas' secrets before dark powers descend on Destiny's Needle? Can Vailetta use cunning and finesse to capture the pandas or will the Shock Troops exact their terrible revenge? Can the pandas learn to trust their new protector or will he betray them, like all humans before him?