I'm on my knees on World One — the seat of the institution I've served for eleven centuries — relieved of my duties, denied Renewal, and about to be forcibly removed from the planet.
Eleven hundred years of loyal service. Hundreds of worlds saved. Never once did I question The Fold.
None of that matters now.
My memory has gaps I didn't put there. The Adairs are in prison, and I have no way to reach them. And the figure behind all of it — someone I was never permitted to know existed — has decided I need to disappear too.
I know who he is. What I don't know is how far his reach extends, or how anyone survives a war against a man who rules the galaxy from the shadows.
To save the Adairs, I'll have to become something eleven centuries of service never prepared me for.
Outside the law. Outside The Fold. Outside of everything I've spent my life believing in.
If eleven centuries couldn't protect me from him, what chance do the Adairs have — and what am I willing to become to get them out?
Perfect for fans of Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, John Scalzi's Old Man's War, and The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey.
Genre: Science Fiction
Eleven hundred years of loyal service. Hundreds of worlds saved. Never once did I question The Fold.
None of that matters now.
My memory has gaps I didn't put there. The Adairs are in prison, and I have no way to reach them. And the figure behind all of it — someone I was never permitted to know existed — has decided I need to disappear too.
I know who he is. What I don't know is how far his reach extends, or how anyone survives a war against a man who rules the galaxy from the shadows.
To save the Adairs, I'll have to become something eleven centuries of service never prepared me for.
Outside the law. Outside The Fold. Outside of everything I've spent my life believing in.
If eleven centuries couldn't protect me from him, what chance do the Adairs have — and what am I willing to become to get them out?
Perfect for fans of Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, John Scalzi's Old Man's War, and The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey.
Genre: Science Fiction