ThereтАЩs no more time...
ThereтАЩs always more time...
Trevor Gray has been stripped of his command of the starship America, and is unsure what to do with his life. Having dedicated so much of himself to the service, he knew following the super-AI KonstantinтАЩs advice could have severe consequences. He just never thought he would be out of the fight.
Because thatтАЩs what Earth is in: a fight against a sinister alien force so technologically advanced that there seems little hope. ThatтАЩs why he disobeyed his orders in the first place тАУ to figure out a way to stop them. But now heтАЩs beached.
Which is just what Konstantin wanted.
For the super-AI has a plan: connect Gray with the Pan-Europeans, and set him on a course to the remote star Deneb. There, he is to make contact with a mysterious alien civilization using the new artificial intelligence Bright Light, and maybe тАФ if they can make it in time тАФ prevent humanity from being wiped from the universe.
Ian Douglas is the author of the popular military SF series The Heritage Trilogy, The Legacy Trilogy, and The Inheritance Trilogy. A former naval corpsman, he lives in Pennsylvania.