The Verick Protocol Series (Book 5: Topgun: Darkness)

The Protocol is no longer a distant rumor buried inside classified files. Its influence is spreading, and Mia realizes that powerful people within the KCAP may be willing to use fear, violence, and extraordinary measures to make its vision a reality.

Then everything changes.

A terrorist attack strikes Kordell, and carefully manipulated evidence points directly at Mia and her crew. Suddenly, they are hunted across the galaxy. The people who once knew Mia as an elite pilot now see her as a wanted criminal.

With enemies closing in and their identities compromised, the Erinyes crew must rely on stealth, deception, technology, and each other simply to survive. Mia knows she cannot fight an entire government head-on. She needs evidence, allies, and a way to expose the people hiding behind the attack.

But the Protocol has planned for resistance.

As the darkness closes around her, Mia discovers that the conspiracy is even larger than she imagined—and that someone may have been preparing for her fight since before she ever knew her father's name.

The hunt has begun. And this time, Mia is the one being hunted.