The secessionist light cruiser Pompeius Magnus is the last survivor of her squadron – torn to pieces in a disastrous strike at their oppressors’ home system. Her primary weapons are gone, her engines are crippled, life-support is on tertiary backup, and more than half her crew are dead.
Commander Delaney is a lifelong pilot, a veteran who has refused promotion to stay in the fight. Lieutenant Shan is an activist turned wartime spacer motivated by a fanatic’s fire.
Orders are orders. It doesn’t matter that Earth’s defenses were engineered to stop fleets, let alone single ships – let alone crippled ones. They’re going in anyway.
And they will change history.
“This story is a smash-mouth bar brawl from beginning to end with characters who struggle to rationalize their humanity in the face of utter, merciless, brutality. They are a crew with a single-minded objective, torn between doing what is right, and what must be done. A crew who wrestle with the fate of their immortal souls and the survival of their people. It is a must-read for anyone who appreciates a dark, gritty tale centered around the morality—and immorality—of man.”
Colonel Shane Gries, author of From The Ashes of a Dead World
Genre: Science Fiction
Commander Delaney is a lifelong pilot, a veteran who has refused promotion to stay in the fight. Lieutenant Shan is an activist turned wartime spacer motivated by a fanatic’s fire.
Orders are orders. It doesn’t matter that Earth’s defenses were engineered to stop fleets, let alone single ships – let alone crippled ones. They’re going in anyway.
And they will change history.
“This story is a smash-mouth bar brawl from beginning to end with characters who struggle to rationalize their humanity in the face of utter, merciless, brutality. They are a crew with a single-minded objective, torn between doing what is right, and what must be done. A crew who wrestle with the fate of their immortal souls and the survival of their people. It is a must-read for anyone who appreciates a dark, gritty tale centered around the morality—and immorality—of man.”
Colonel Shane Gries, author of From The Ashes of a Dead World
Genre: Science Fiction
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