From the writer of Planetside, a Best Book of 2018 (Library Journal)

A military tale is caught in the net between alien intrigue and individual subterfuge…

Pursuing his mission on Cappa, Colonel Carl Butler profits to a mixed reception. To some he’s a do-or-die battle hero. Towards the other half from the galaxy he’s a pariah. Forced into pension, he has resettled on Talca Four where he’s now Deputy VP of Commercial Security, protecting a high-tech military company on the corporate battlefield-at about Spaceside least, that’s what the work description says. Actually, he’s simply there to make an impression clients and investors. It’s all relatively low risk-until he’s entrusted with new purchases. A breach of a competitor’s computer network offers Butler’s superiors feeling every bit as vulnerable. They want Butler to find who achieved it, how, and just why no one’s taken credit for the ingenious attack.

As accustomed as Butler is to the reality of wargames-virtual and otherwise-this 1 screams something louder when compared to a simple hack. Because no faster does he start digging when his initial contact is usually murdered, the death somehow kept magic formula from the press. As a primary suspect, he can’t shake the sensation he’s being viewed…or finally succumbing to the strain of his recent. Paranoid delusion or harmful reality, Butler might be onto something much deeper than anyone thought. But that’s where Butler thrives.

If he hasn’t signed his own death warrant.