Blood and debris smother what remains of the colonies.
The Collective's ruthless bloodshed has sparked violence and uprisings across the fringe. The three rebel leaders spread out across the star system. Critch leads the Terran front, trying to stop the Collective Unified Forces from advancing on the remaining fringe colonies. Heid runs missions to save refugees who've lost everything to the Collective. And Reyne faces impossible odds in uniting disparate rebel armies into a single force to be reckoned with.
But the odds are impossibly stacked against them. The Collective is launching brutal attacks against the rebellion, leaving innocent casualties in their wake. Spies are stealing secrets. Assassins relentlessly hunt the torrent leaders.
Victory will not come easy. Battles will be waged. Friends will die. Sacrifices must be made. To win, the rebels will have to cross a line from which there’s no return.
Rachel Aukes is a bestselling author known for gritty science fiction and chilling horror that explore humanity at the edge. She’s written over forty novels, including 100 Days in Deadland—a zombie apocalypse retelling of Dante’s Inferno that was named a “Best of the Year” pick by Suspense Magazine—and The Lazarus Key, a high-octane sci-fi thriller featured by The Big Thrill magazine. One of Wattpad’s first Stars, her stories have reached over eight million readers around the world.
Rachel is a licensed pilot, former tech executive, and lifelong comic book collector. When not plotting the end of humanity, she hikes state and national parks with her dog.