In this second book of the IMS Singapore trilogy, Captain Robert Hadings’ megacarrier transitions from refugee transport to troop transport: they’re ordered to the front lines of the war near the Naldím home world. Even with retrofitting at a space port, the crew feel certain the ship will not return from this mission. Megacarriers are not battleships, after all, and Singapore’s hull was already easily breached by a single Naldím fighter craft. While pilots and marines and officers and staff try to come to grips with the battle ahead, Hadings and his crew face personal battles with the past, with the future, and with orders from above.
But even a superhuman is human at her core.