In the third book in The Red Trilogy, former Army Lt. James Shelley becomes a black ops sniper working for the Redâa suspected rogue artificial intelligence that is ripped from todayâs headlines.
James Shelley has left his lover, Delphi, and his companion-in-arms, Jayne Vasquez, with a fortune acquired from a fallen oligarch. They believe him to be dead, and he doesnât try to set the record straight. His long-running question has been answered: There are other soldiers like him who have served the purposes of the Redâand he has accepted his place among them.
As a soldier of the Red he pursues covert missions designed to nudge history away from existential threatsâbut that doesnât mean the world is growing more orderly. Itâs only in the froth of a âmanaged chaosâ that human potential can grow and thrive. Shelleyâs missions eventually take him into orbitâand into conflict with those he lovesâDelphi and Jaynieâwho are determined to escape the influence of the Red.