The stunning finale to the Defy the Stars trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Lost Stars and Bloodline.

Hunted and eager.

Abel only has one mission still left that matters: save the life span of Noemi Vidal. To achieve that, he not merely has to escape the Genesis regulators, he also must face the main one person in the galaxy who still gets the means to demolish him. Burton Mansfield’s consciousness lives on, in need of a home, and Abel’s own body is his last bargaining about Defy the Fates chip.

Alone in the world.

Brought back through the brink of death, Noemi Vidal discovers Abel has not only preserved her lifestyle, but he’s made her into something else, something more. Not quite mech, yet nearly human any more, Noemi must find her place in a world where she actually is utterly exclusive, all while attempting to create a globe where anyone–even a mech–can become free.

The final fight between Earth and the colony planets is here now, and there’s no lengths to which Earth won’t head to preserve its domination total humanity. But jointly, the universe’s innovative mech and its own first human-mech hybrid might have the ability to improve the galaxy for good.