Freshly minted lieutenant Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster barely has time to adjust to his new rank before he’s summoned for a covert mission by the Spirearch of Spire Albion. His task: recover a mysterious bag from Dependence, a Colony Spire gone eerily silent.
To aid him, the Spirearch assigns a team of Warriorborn criminals—dangerous individuals Benedict once helped imprison. Their freedom depends on completing this mission and surviving what awaits.
On Dependence, they uncover a nightmare: a weapon capable of destabilizing the Spires’ delicate balance of power. As danger closes in, Benedict must trust his unlikely allies and draw upon his own Warriorborn strength to prevent catastrophe and bring everyone back alive—or risk losing everything he swore to protect.
