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They called her a hero for stopping the dreadnought. Now, they call her a liability.
The war with the Caliphate is paused, but the peace is deadlier than the battlefront. Captain Maria Roszak knows that in the vacuum of the Hyades Cluster, the only thing more dangerous than an enemy missile is an ally's greed.
When a high-profile technology demonstration by Aurora Systems ends in near-catastrophe, Maria's quick tactical thinking saves thousands of lives. But her competence paints a target on her back. The corporate giants and the Anglo-Saxon Coalition don't just want peace - they want the B?yskawica's classified bubble drive technology, and they are finished asking nicely.
Framed for a devastating cyber-attack on an allied station, Maria finds herself boxed in by the very fleet she swore to defend. The Coalition demands her surrender. The corporations demand her secrets.
She gives them neither.
Forced into a desperate run, Maria must take her ship where no sane captain goes: The Crucible. A navigational graveyard of radiation, gravity wells, and kinetic debris. Hunted by former allies and shadowed by a silent, high-tech enemy, Maria must push her crew and her ship to the structural breaking point.
To prove her innocence, she must survive the un-survivable. To save Polonia Prime's independence, she must expose a conspiracy that threatens to turn the entire cluster into a corporate fiefdom.
Orbit is a trap. The only way out is through the storm.
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Genre: Military Science Fiction / Hard Sci-Fi / Space Opera
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Tropes: The Frame Job, Fugitive Ship, Corporate Espionage, Navigational Hazard, Tactical Command.
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Tech Level: Hard Sci-Fi, Newtonian Physics, Railguns, Electronic Warfare, Bubble Drives.
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Tone: High-Stakes, Political Intrigue, Competence Porn, No Harem.
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Perfect for fans of: The Expanse, Honor Harrington, and Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet.
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