"The Pride of the Damned: Cochrane's Company Book 3" by Peter Grant
https://www.amazon.com/Pride-Damned-Peter-Grant/dp/B09JV9FKR4/

Book number three of a three book military science fiction series. The
series is set in a universe with seven other books by the author. I
read the well printed and well bound POD (print on demand) trade
paperback self published by the author in 2021. BTW, this book was
dedicated to Michael Z. Williamson for his encouragement and
enthusiastic support.

The Mycenae system is a frontier star system with an planet and asteroid
belt rich in minerals. There is a legitimate discoverer and owner of
the star system but two other claim jumpers are in the system now.
Captain Andrew Cochrane is sought out by the Mycenae system owner to
build a patrol space force and writes a sharp contract where he gets to
keep all bounty recovered from the claim jumpers.

So the main claim jumpers, part of the old Albanian brotherhood mob from
Earth, send through a small group of destroyers after their prospecting
spaceship is destroyed by a space mine in the asteroids. The destroyers
are destroyed along with several ships of Cochrane's small fleet. When
the destroyers fail to come back, the brotherhood swears revenge and
starts rebuilding their fleet. And so on and so on.

Intelligence in War is everything. And if you upset multiple groups of
people, don't be surprised when they get together and come after you.
Dropping things into a star fixes a lot of problems.

The author has a very active website at:
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/

My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (272 reviews)

Lynn