Victory is a trap, and Captain Ardel is flying straight into it.
While the Alliance celebrates a string of easy victories, Captain Ardel knows the terrifying truth: the Votainions aren’t being defeated—they are baiting a hook. Despite her warnings, the President is convinced the enemy is desperate for a truce and has appointed Ardel as the official envoy to negotiate peace. Forced into the heart of enemy territory, Ardel is burdened with a secret she never asked for: a half-human, half-Votainion child created by a top-secret program to serve as her interpreter.
But on the other side of the negotiation table, Empress Nykostra is far from surrendering. Driven by eroding mental health and a singular obsession to reclaim her people’s legendary homeworld, the Empress is marshaling her forces for a final, devastating blow. As the Votainion Chief Strategist plots a bloody coup to replace his mad queen, Ardel finds herself caught between a fracturing Empire and an oblivious Alliance. With the largest counterattack in history looming, she must survive the Empress’s madness or watch the fledgling Alliance burn.
The gambit has been played. The counterattack is coming.
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