They trained her to follow orders. She learned to break them.
Riko Vega was supposed to be the Republic's future — another bright cadet polished into perfection by Fleet School. Instead, she's their greatest liability. Expelled, disgraced, and bonded to a rogue war AI named Vesper, Riko is about to become something far more dangerous than anyone imagined.
When a forgotten Ascendant facility stirs beneath the bones of a dead war, Riko and Vesper find themselves at the center of a conspiracy buried deep in the wreckage of the galaxy. Hunted by warlords, hunted by ghosts, and betrayed by the very command that trained her, Riko must decide who she is — before someone else decides for her.
Armed with stolen tech, raw defiance, and an AI with attitude, Riko Vega might just become the spark that reignites a war the Republic thought it buried.