With the colony trying to recover from a major disaster, the Rangers find themselves homeless, leaderless, and scattered across the Arch. Just at that moment a new and ominous threat appears in the shadows. Without Factors is book 9 of the Colonial Rangers series. Set in a distant future that is not so futuristic, on a colony world under military occupation that has become the focal point of an international conspiracy, a rag tag band of misfits find they are only ones who have any chance of saving the day.