Heaven Hope is an orphan who escaped from her foster home and hitchhiking across the country. Sheriff Kevin Hunter watches over the citizens of Mapiya - an unremarkable, Minnesotan suburb. Motega and Alina work on a science experiment under the watchful eye of the FBI. On December 3rd, 2012 half of Mapiya disappears. There are no survivors. There is no explosion, no clue left behind as to what happened just a wasteland as if the town had been wiped out by a small nuclear disaster.
Outnumbered by the superior forces and firepower of the Syndicate Worlds, the Alliance fleet continues its dangerous retreat across the enemy star system. Led by the legendary Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, who returned to the fleet after a hundred-year suspended animation, the Alliance is desperately trying to return home with its captured prize: the key to the Syndic hypernet, and the key to victory.
Deep within Syndicate World space, the Alliance fleet continues its dangerous journey home under the command of Captain John “Black Jack” Geary - revived after a century spent in suspended animation. Geary’s victories over the enemy have earned him both the respect — and the envy — of his fellow officers…
