Abigail Olivaw, revered as humanity’s leader and keeper of its darkest secret, never wished to be the one who brought about its extinction.
The galaxy will remember her as either savior or executioner: the president who led humanity to the stars, or to its final judgment. Now, as an alien armada approaches Earth, she stands trial before the Galactic Alliance for crimes centuries in the making. Each lie she tells to save her people binds her tighter to the web of deception her family began generations ago.
Light-years away, Colony Director Joyce Green faces her own impossible choice. As a mysterious virus claims her son and alien vessels loom over Epsilon Eridani, she uncovers a truth more devastating than any disease. What begins as a mother’s quest for justice becomes a desperate race to save civilization itself.
Neither woman chose this war. Neither sought to be humanity’s last hope. Yet both discover the real enemy isn’t the alien fleet, but the lies behind humanity’s origins.
