Admiral John Black Jack Geary embarks on a brand-new mission to defend the Alliance from itself in New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell s latest action-packed novel
Two Syndicate Worlds star systems have fallen prey to a mysterious fleet of warships a fleet controlled entirely by artificial intelligence that is now targeting Alliance space. The warships are no mystery to Admiral John Black Jack Geary. They were developed by his government to ensure security, but malfunctioned. If the Syndics learn the truth, the war with the Alliance will resume with a vengeance....