One year after humanity drove the Thrang from the Solar System, the war returns.
Earth has rebuilt, but not recovered. The Belt is armed, Mars is braced, and Mike Stone now commands a desperate defense built on deception, mining ships, AI dogs, and every dirty trick humans can invent.
But the Thrang are coming back with a retribution fleet large enough to finish what the first invasion began.
To survive, humanity must lure stronger enemies into bad ground, turn ore lanes into minefields, and trust uneasy allies: defected Thrang, predatory Vokari, profit-hungry Mirallex, and the strange moral instincts of a sentient dog named Wiley.
The first war proved humans could bleed an empire.
The second will decide whether they can survive one.
Genre: Science Fiction
Earth has rebuilt, but not recovered. The Belt is armed, Mars is braced, and Mike Stone now commands a desperate defense built on deception, mining ships, AI dogs, and every dirty trick humans can invent.
But the Thrang are coming back with a retribution fleet large enough to finish what the first invasion began.
To survive, humanity must lure stronger enemies into bad ground, turn ore lanes into minefields, and trust uneasy allies: defected Thrang, predatory Vokari, profit-hungry Mirallex, and the strange moral instincts of a sentient dog named Wiley.
The first war proved humans could bleed an empire.
The second will decide whether they can survive one.
Genre: Science Fiction