Ensign Nell “Sapphi” Zika struggles to outrun her trauma as strange pleas echo through the Verge and a haunting melody fills her mind. On the brink of the Boarding Games, her confidence falters, her chief’s robotic dog malfunctions, and missing freighters stoke growing fears across Trappist. For Commander D’Arcy Montaglione, unraveling the mystery of vanishing ships could salvage his damaged career—if it doesn’t destroy him first.
But the simplest explanation, pirates, hides a darker truth. When even outlaws whisper of terrors lurking beyond the asteroid belt, the NeoG teams must confront the unknown. As attacks escalate, they face a revelation that threatens to shatter their understanding of the universe—and themselves.
In the cold vacuum of space, trust and survival are all that stand between them and oblivion.