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Trust is a risk.
Loyalty is a choice.
Captain Erec Chatham holds command of AltBlue Adamantine, the most powerful warship in the newly formed Blue Harbor Alliance.
His orders are straightforward: take his new ship and untested crew on a brief, simple diplomatic mission. Chatham expects complications. He does not expect an Ubezhishche covert operative to turn up aboard Adamantine before the ship even leaves port.
Desdasora six four assures him that she needs only transportation and a very small favor. She might be telling the truth, she’s unlikely to be working against the Alliance, and Chatham does owe her one or two favors.
But Desya’s secret mission is only one move in a much larger game: the revolutionary Tangleway Protocol has overturned the balance of power across human space, hidden players from at least three empires are pursuing their own agendas, and even Blue Harbor’s allies are not necessarily all pursuing the same goals.
As an increasingly dangerous struggle engulfs Adamantine, Chatham must decide whom to trust—and how far he is willing to commit his ship and his people.
Genre: Science Fiction
Loyalty is a choice.
Captain Erec Chatham holds command of AltBlue Adamantine, the most powerful warship in the newly formed Blue Harbor Alliance.
His orders are straightforward: take his new ship and untested crew on a brief, simple diplomatic mission. Chatham expects complications. He does not expect an Ubezhishche covert operative to turn up aboard Adamantine before the ship even leaves port.
Desdasora six four assures him that she needs only transportation and a very small favor. She might be telling the truth, she’s unlikely to be working against the Alliance, and Chatham does owe her one or two favors.
But Desya’s secret mission is only one move in a much larger game: the revolutionary Tangleway Protocol has overturned the balance of power across human space, hidden players from at least three empires are pursuing their own agendas, and even Blue Harbor’s allies are not necessarily all pursuing the same goals.
As an increasingly dangerous struggle engulfs Adamantine, Chatham must decide whom to trust—and how far he is willing to commit his ship and his people.
Genre: Science Fiction