Some things should have been left in the ashes of Earth. Do no harm. That's the creed of all doctors. But Yvonne Naude has walked dangerously close to that line. Maybe she already crossed it. When the man that killed her husband was in her power, she pulled the trigger without hesitation. How was she supposed to know the gun wasn't loaded? But there's a job to do and life goes, despite the thorn of guilt that festers in her heart.
The captain of her ship, the Sparrow, has been tapped to lead a new guild of freelancers. The best of the best under one banner. The good guys. Or maybe just a collection of misfit mercenaries. Either way, they're going to be needed given the current situation in the colonies. One century after the departure of their AI benefactor Moses, tensions have come to a head. Alliances and long-festering fears push them to the brink of war as terrorist agitators threaten the critical grav plate factories on Ganymede and Mars.
Without these irreplaceable facilities built by Moses himself, life in the colonies will soon end. The crew of the Sparrow and a handful of broken souls may be the only thing standing between humanity and oblivion.
Some things should have been left in the ashes of Earth. Do no harm. That's the creed of all doctors. But Yvonne Naude has walked dangerously close to that line. Maybe she already crossed it. When the man that killed her husband was in her power, she pulled the trigger without hesitation. How was she supposed to know the gun wasn't loaded? But there's a job to do and life goes, despite the thorn of guilt that festers in her heart.
The captain of her ship, the Sparrow, has been tapped to lead a new guild of freelancers. The best of the best under one banner. The good guys. Or maybe just a collection of misfit mercenaries. Either way, they're going to be needed given the current situation in the colonies. One century after the departure of their AI benefactor Moses, tensions have come to a head. Alliances and long-festering fears push them to the brink of war as terrorist agitators threaten the critical grav plate factories on Ganymede and Mars.
Without these irreplaceable facilities built by Moses himself, life in the colonies will soon end. The crew of the Sparrow and a handful of broken souls may be the only thing standing between humanity and oblivion.