A forgotten world, a powerful artifact and a galaxy on the brink of war...
Solis DeLacey, captain of the Alpha Centauri Sol Collective vessel Boston,
has been sent to a newly discovered world rich in natural resources. But one ship, the Empress Jade and her crew has already gone missing while
surveying the planet, dubbed Bounty, and the finger of suspicion is
pointing directly to the heart of the Orion Hegemony, the ACSC`s sworn
enemy.
DeLacey, her crew and a ship full of scientists find a
world teeming with life including the enigmatic natives of Bounty, the
Shum. The planet seems like a paradise where life does more than thrive, it excels.
But when they find the wreckage of the the Empress
Jade, they also find definitive evidence that the Hegemony was involved
in her destruction.
With the arrival of a Hegemony vessel crewed by
Da’baa’kh, ruthless, animal-like soldiers, the game changes. The
Da’baa’kh are hell bent on finding an ancient treasure – an artifact
powerful enough to bring an entire Collective to its knees.
Now DeLacey must discover its secret and defeat her enemies before the galaxy is plunged into total war...