Stranded beyond the Orun Gate, Epyc Ro and her elite soldiers capture an alien ship in hopes of finding a way home. Their unexpected stowaway might hold the key to survival—if they can outwit the alien forces closing in.
On the Cypher, Captain Stacia Chikeke fights to hold her crew together, while a powerful cosmic discovery ignites their determination. Meanwhile, on Earth, Wachiru Adisa works to free detained children of the diaspora but finds himself trapped in a brutal facility known as the Panopticon.
From the Martian Badlands to the Moon’s Dreaming City, leaders, warriors, and rebels face mounting threats to their world and people. United by their struggles, they must navigate new alliances and old enmities.
Will Muungano’s fractured empire rise against its enemies, or fall under the weight of interstellar conflict?
