From the author of Planetside, a Best Book of 2018 (Library Journal)
A military legend is caught in the web between alien intrigue and human subterfugeā¦
Following his mission on Cappa, Colonel Carl Butler returns to a mixed reception. To some he is a do-or-die war hero. To the other half of the galaxy heās a pariah. Forced into retirement, he has resettled on Talca Four where heās now Deputy VP of Corporate Security, protecting a high-tech military company on the corporate battlefieldāat least, thatās what the job description says. Really, heās just there to impress clients and investors. Itās all relatively low riskāuntil heās entrusted with new orders. A breach of a competitorās computer network has Butlerās superiors feeling every bit as vulnerable. They need Butler to find who did it, how, and why no oneās taken credit for the ingenious attack.
As accustomed as Butler is to the reality of wargamesāvirtual and otherwiseāthis one screams something louder than a simple hack. Because no sooner does he start digging when his first contact is murdered, the death somehow kept secret from the media. As a prime suspect, he canāt shake the sensation heās being watchedā¦or finally succumbing to the stress of his past. Paranoid delusion or dangerous reality, Butler might be onto something much deeper than anyone imagined. But thatās where Butler thrives.
If he hasnāt signed his own death warrant.