Only two things had remained calming constants in Cha Dzeeny’s life: faith and firepower. Today, he would need both.

Trapped between wreckage and vines, Linuka survives only to risk everything again—her ship, her allies, and the fragile trust of the Remnants—in a bold bargain that could change the course of the war.

The vines tightened around Linuka’s body like a predator’s grip. Her lungs burned. Multi-awareness is a state of mind, her father had said—while she dangled between life and death. She reached inward, ready to surrender… then chose otherwise. Above her, strip beams carved the planet open, ripping everything skyward in a maelstrom of light and violence.