A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing.
What she finds down there—the real agenda of the ‘above-top-secret’ black project—is bigger than she could have imagined. NICOLA is soon assigned to work on a faster-than-light craft known as the Hellkite. But she must grapple with the demands of her conscience when she witnesses another engineer murdered before he can expose the base’s biggest secret. To find out the nature of this deadly secret, NICOLA must infiltrate the ‘Red Zone,’ the innermost sector of the base.
The U.S. government has been party to a bilateral treaty—a secret treaty—with an off-world imperial entity known as the Orondrach Regnum for seventy years. Through the partnership, the nation gained access to an almost unimaginable technological treasure trove. For decades, the humans benefitted, receiving faster-than-light propulsion technology and dangerous armaments. But now GALLAGHER discovers what the interstellar beings demand in exchange. They’re calling in their chips. Worse, the time for the launch of the armada is only days away.
With a key ally suddenly unable to protect her, she faces a disturbing choice—surrender crucial evidence of the string of murders that occurred inside the program back to the shadowy Sentinels, or immediately be placed in mortal danger herself. If she takes the life-altering decision to expose the truth, it means having an “X” marked on her back.
In this (soon-to-be-released) genre-blending sci-fi thriller, one small secret makes Nicola the target in a dangerous manhunt that could determine Earth’s place in the fractious galactic landscape for hundreds of years to come.
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