A reluctant hero must prevent war in space and on Earth in this fast-paced army science fiction thriller from the writer from the Cold Between and Remnants of Trust-a riviting crossbreed merging the gritty, high-octane thrills of Wayne S. A. Corey and the sociopolitical theatre of Ann Leckie.

Space is full of the unknown . the majority of it ready to kill you.

When hostilities between factions threaten to explode right into a firing war over the moon of Yakutsk, both major galactic military powers, approximately Breach of Containment: A Central Corps Novel Central Corps and PSI, send boats to defuse the problem. But when a strange artifact is discovered, events are set in motion that threaten the complete colonized galaxy-including former Central Corps Commander Elena Shaw.

Right now an engineer on a commercial delivery vessel, Elena finds herself drawn in to the conflict when she accumulates the artifact on Yakutsk-and investigation from it uncovers ties to the massive, corrupt corporation Ellis Systems, whom she’s opposed before. Her security is further compromised by her previous ties to Central Corps-Elena can’t individual herself from her past lifestyle and her previous dispatch, the CCSS Galileo.

Before Elena can pursue the artifact’s purpose further, disaster strikes: all communication using the First Sector-including Earth-is lost. The reason becomes apparent when news reaches Elena of a battle fleet, intent on destruction, quickly approaching Earth. And with marketing communications at sublight amounts, there is no way to warn the planet in time.

Armed with crucial intel from a shadowy supply as well as the strange artifact, Elena may be the only one who can prevent the fleet, and Ellis, and save Earth. But for this mission you will see no second chances-and no come back.