What would you do, to save the people you love?
Would you fight an interstellar war?
Would you burn the entire universe down?
Commander Adrian Huxton has served the United Systems Armada for 30 years. He’s defeated humans, aliens, and every monster crawling from the gaps between the stars. Yet time remains undefeated and even the strongest soldiers are ground down. Now he’s ready to retire and be a father to his teenage daughter.
On his last day of service, the Prophet Emoche Hulle declares a holy kingdom, and launches a rebellion that smashes the United Systems. Betrayed by his friends amidst a massive battle, Adrian barely escapes with his life and supercarrier, leaving his terrified daughter behind on a world occupied by murderous rebels.
Adrian promised he’d come back for her, and he keeps his promises. He must rally his terrified crew and put his supercarrier Vindication back into the fight. Like her Commander, Vindication has been battered to breaking point by decades of violence. Together they must win one final battle. There’s no fury like a parent when their child is in danger, and no parent has fury like Adrian Huxton.