The war is no longer new. The wounds are deeper, the cost heavier-and Commander Sophia Trotsky has come a long way from the blood-soaked fields of Kadesh.Now, on the bridge of the aging CSS Ernest E. Evans, the man who might end the war lies in her sickbay. His survival-and perhaps the fate of the galaxy-hinges on the choices she makes next.To save him, Sophia must become the commander no one believes she can be.But when a wolf pack of Imperial destroyers descends, her crew is thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Outgunned, outmatched, and flying a relic of a ship, Sophia must fight-not just for survival, but for something greater.Her faith.Her crew.Her legacy.The question isn't whether she can win.It's whether winning will be enough.