Captain Rylee Crockett, a member of the Galactic Force, is
well-respected among her peers, and damn good at her job.
Despite the hurdles of being a female captain, she has a loyal
crew who see her as strict but fair, and with the newest
additions, her crew makes her the best ship in the fleet.
She’s especially curious about the newest expert on board. Dr.
Beck Graham, a xenobiologist who specializes in alien species,
specifically the Purej, who the Galactic Forces have been
fighting for some time now. When Rylee’s ship is ordered to
provide backup for a warship in the middle of a battle with
their alien enemy, a mistranslated communique is intercepted,
and Beck helps her decipher its true meaning. She fears they’re
being set up for an ambush, along with everyone else ordered to
assist.
What
was thought to be proposed peace talks with the Purej is not at
all the situation they find themselves involved in. Rylee’s ship
is overtaken, and she awakens alone on an unrecognizable planet,
and is soon taken to an arena where it is kill or be killed.
Every confrontation becomes a fight to the death, gladiator
style—against alien creatures, or other Galactic Force
members—purely for their enemies’ entertainment.
If
Rylee lives through this, she vows to get her revenge for the
devastating number of crewmen she’s lost. And for the man who
had given her a glimmer of hope when it came to being loved.
Warning! Contains ancient
weaponry, oxygen masks, hostage taking, bad translations,
revenge, a top-of-the-line spaceship, a demotion, and two people
refusing to give up hope, until they're forced to take each
other's lives.