The galaxy is mired inside a cold war between two superpowers, the Illyrican Empire and the Commonwealth. Thrust between this struggle are Simon Kovalic, the Commonwealth’s preeminent spy, and Kyle Rankin, a lowly soldier happily scrubbing toilets on Sabaea, a remote and isolated planet. However, nothing is as it seems.

Kyle Rankin is a lie. His real name is certainly Eli Brody, and he fled his home world of Caledonia years back. Simon Kovalic understands Caledonia can be a lit fuse hurtling towards detonation. The about The Caledonian Gambit: A Novel past Brody so desperately tried to get away from can grant him access to people and locations that are off limitations even to a professional spy like Kovalic.

Kovalic needs Eli Brody to come home and face his previous. With Brody abruptly cast within a perform he by no means auditioned for, he and Kovalic will begin to realize it’s everything they don’t understand that will tip the scales of galactic tranquility. Sounds like a desperate plan, sure, but what gambit isn’t?

The Caledonian Gambit is a throwback towards the classic sci-fi adventures of spies and off-world politics, but filled to the brim with modern sensibilities.