This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. - Format: Paperback
- Author: J.B. Rockwell
- ISBN10: 1922551430
- ISBN13: 9781922551436
After twenty years spent fighting the alien Kekktekians on the Halgren Defense Coalitions behalf, Captain Thomas Faraday finds himself reassigned to the AI warship Hadrian, and playing watchdog over the terraforming project on Armistice. A quiet, boring job he never wanted, but with a cease-fire in place, his skills arent really needed. And given his recent trip-up with military secrets, hes lucky to still have a career. What he doesnt know is the tranquility around Armistice wont last long-all it takes is a single ping to obliterate fifty years of peace. That first rogue contact trips Armistices long range sensors and quickly multiplies into a cascade of failures chewing hungrily through the planetary defense grid. Soon after, a fleet of vessels appear that squawk out Halgren credentials but refuse to respond to any of Hadrians hails. And something else, something ghostly that lurks in their shadows, cloaking itself in the ships electronic chatter. Something that feels Kekktekian to Faradays battle-trained mind, even though it doesnt fit any of their patterns. With an unknown adversary on its way in, Faraday and his crew gear up to defend Armistice. Combats nothing new, Faradays built an entire career around war, but this time its one ship against many. With no help on the way and no chance of reinforcements in sight. And theres more than just a planet at stake here: whats out there threatens a hard-won and still tenuous accord that, if broken, will reignite a centuries-old feud.
