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Montgomery Hale is seventeen, broke, and about to commit the biggest fraud of his life. He's spent years fixing machines on a backwater space station, saving every credit for a fleet academy education he'll never afford. When a last-minute vacancy opens on the Union's flagship, he does the only thing a desperate kid with a talent for forging documents would do. He fakes his way aboard.

Mankind is branching out, traveling to nearby star systems in search of habitable worlds and valuable resources. Technology continues to advance at a seemingly breakneck pace, but the ability to break the light-speed barrier seems out of reach. Or maybe the conspiracy theorists are right after all, maybe there is a conspiracy between the rich and powerful to hold humanity back.

Montgomery Hale is an ensign now. For real, almost. He's on the primary helm rotation. The captain trusts him. He flew the corridor mission and he didn't get caught. After a year of waiting for someone to figure out his academy record was forged on a rented terminal when he was sixteen, he's finally relaxing into the job. That's when things get bad.

What if aliens are real? What if they were at work behind the scenes, subverting the good of all mankind? If you knew the truth, what would you do about it? Zane Taylor knows the truth. His group of friends narrowly escaped when an alien ship used advanced technology to create tectonic instability on Noble Prime. Their alien weapon set off massive earthquakes that slaughtered thousands of international workers on the fringe world. And there’s no doubt that same nefarious aliens are working to isolate and slowly starve the entire human race.

Noble Prime is a world on the fringe of explored space. The International Space Exploration Foundation (ISEF) operates mining and research facilities on the frozen planet. It is home to large predators that necessitate a rotating force of security agents from every available contracting firm.

Jenna Kane, a specialist in the Mind over Martyr program, ventures into the Kandahar Mountains of Afghanistan to rescue a Muslim boy who is speaking out against the Shadow Mediators. Jenna and her Delta team discover a trove of magical jewels. Chris Lone Hawk, a dog handler on her team, hides these jewels in a Lord of the Rings Chess set and smuggles them into America.