Length13h 14m
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IN THE UNION, YOUR HAPPINESS IS MANDATORY. YOUR PEACE IS A LIE.
Earth is a paradise of forced harmony, its billions kept docile and compliant. There is no war. There is no passion. There is only the chilling perfection of the Union.
When a devastating rebellion on Mars shatters the illusion of the Union's invincibility, the system’s architects are forced to do the unthinkable: they must remember how to fight.
They reactivate Captain Marcus Shaw, a disgraced military historian who understands the forgotten languages of fear, violence, and asymmetrical warfare. Given absolute command, Shaw must forge an army from a civilization that has forgotten how to fight.
But as Shaw strips his soldiers of their conditioning, he unleashes a force more dangerous than the Martian uprising. To win a war against a desperate world, Shaw must turn his men into monsters. And to save humanity from a perfect, living death, he may have to burn the Union to the ground.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Dystopia
Length13 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 13, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1OPENING CREDITS
32CHAPTER 30 - THE FORGING
2DEDICATION
33CHAPTER 31 - THE RISE OF THE UNION
3CHAPTER 1 - THE GARDEN OF HARMONY
34CHAPTER 32 - THE VIPER
4CHAPTER 2 - THE PEACEKEEPER’S DILEMMA
35CHAPTER 33 - WELCOME TO THE INFANTRY
5CHAPTER 3 - ATMOSPHERIC PACIFICATION
36CHAPTER 34 - THE BUTCHER AND THE BLACKSMITH
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6CHAPTER 4 - A LESSON IN PACIFICATION
37CHAPTER 35 - THE SHADOW ARCHIVE
7CHAPTER 5 - THE PARTNERSHIP MANDATE
38CHAPTER 36 - THE GHOSTS OF MARS
8CHAPTER 6 - A DAY WITH THE MENTOR
39CHAPTER 37 - THE IRON HARVEST
9CHAPTER 7 - THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
40CHAPTER 38 - THE SILENT PREDATOR
10CHAPTER 8 - A STUDY IN DEVIANCE
41CHAPTER 39 - THE ULTIMATUM
11CHAPTER 9 - THE COHABITATION CYCLE
42CHAPTER 40 - PEST CONTROL
12CHAPTER 10 - THE FRONTIER
43CHAPTER 41 - THE BRIEFING
13CHAPTER 11 - PERSEVERANCE
44CHAPTER 42 - THE SILENT VIGIL
14CHAPTER 12 - THE EXILES
45CHAPTER 43 - THE ABERRATION
15CHAPTER 13 - A FAILURE OF IMAGINATION
46CHAPTER 44 - THE NEW SILENCE
16CHAPTER 14 - THE WHISPERS OF SOVEREIGNTY
47CHAPTER 45 - THE FOXGLOVE FILE
17CHAPTER 15 - CRACK IN THE PERFECTION
48CHAPTER 46 - THE BROADCAST
18CHAPTER 16 - THE FORGES OF MARS
49CHAPTER 47 - THE SMILING PLAGUE
19CHAPTER 17 - INTERACTION PROTOCOL
50CHAPTER 48 - THE CURE IS THE DISEASE
20CHAPTER 18 - A BENIGN ULTIMATUM
51CHAPTER 49 - THE EVE OF INVASION
21CHAPTER 19 - THE GHOST ROSTER
52CHAPTER 50 - THE LAST WARRIOR
22CHAPTER 20 - THE DECLARATION
53CHAPTER 51 - THE CRACKS IN THE ARMOR
23CHAPTER 21 - THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD
54CHAPTER 52 - AN ASYLUM OF INFANTS
24CHAPTER 22 - THE POINT OF NO RETURN
55CHAPTER 53 - THE CURE
25CHAPTER 23 - THE RED LINE
56CHAPTER 54 - A CONVERSATION IN THE SPIRE
26CHAPTER 24 - THE LONG VOYAGE
57CHAPTER 55 - THE ORBITAL VIGIL
27CHAPTER 25 - A DAY IN THE ACADEMY
58CHAPTER 56 - THE WAKING NIGHTMARE
28CHAPTER 26 - THE PROPHECY
59CHAPTER 57 - THE CITADEL
29CHAPTER 27 - THE DEVIL’S BARGAIN
60CHAPTER 58 - THE NEW ACADEMY
30CHAPTER 28 - THE IMPOSSIBLE ORDER
61CHAPTER 59 - A CONVERSATION IN THE TOMB
31CHAPTER 29 - THE URAL VAULT
62CHAPTER 60 - THE HEIR
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