The first installment from the trilogy, Ninefox Gambit, centers on disgraced captain Kel Cheris, who must recapture the formidable Fortress of Scattered Needles in order to redeem herself before the Hexarchate. To win an impossible war Captain Kel Cheris must awaken a historical tool and a despised traitor general. Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the chance to redeem herself by about Ninefox Gambit retaking the Fortress of Spread Needles, a celebrity fortress that has been recently captured by heretics. Cheris’s career isn’t the only thing on the line. If the fortress falls, the hexarchate itself might be next. Cheris’s best hope is to ally using the undead tactician Shuos Jedao. The glad tidings are that Jedao hasn’t lost a fight, and he might be the only one who can figure out how to effectively besiege the fortress. The bad news is normally that Jedao proceeded to go mad in his 1st life and massacred two armies, one of these his own. As the siege wears on, Cheris must decide how much she can trust Jedao-because she might be his next victim.