Geometry of Grace

When Kaid Sidorov is sent to extract a scientist from a newly annexed world, he expects another covert retrieval under pressure. Instead, Tavanda Ruun leads his crew to evidence of first contact: a surviving alien intelligence hidden inside the remains of a civilization humanity was never meant to find.

What Kaid brings back aboard the Rebel Ascendant is not a weapon, not a relic, and not something the war can absorb without changing shape. As Federation pressure closes in, safe havens fall,...