Aboard the Discretion, a battered ship racing through the void, Atticus commands a crew burdened with a cargo so perilous it could topple the tyrannical powers that rule—or unleash untold devastation if it falls into the wrong hands. The enforcers of the Big Three, merciless corporations armed with planet-scorching firepower, pursue them relentlessly, their sleek warships slicing through space to crush the Discretion and make a gruesome example of its defiant crew. Every move is a heart-pounding gamble with death; every flickering sensor reading could signal doom.
Amid this chaos, Atticus’s forbidden love for Amelia, the ship’s genius engineer scarred by her past, ignites a fire that could either save them or burn them all to ashes. Their passion, a dangerous spark in a powder keg of mistrust, threatens to splinter the crew at the very moment unity is their only shield against obliteration. Whispers of betrayal echo through the corridors, and the line between friend and foe dissolves into a haze of desperation.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. Time hemorrhages away as the system align against them, a cosmic noose tightening with every passing second. Atticus faces an impossible choice: shield Amelia from the encroaching darkness or sacrifice her—and everything he holds dear—for a fleeting shot at a future unshackled from oppression.