Siege of the Aegis Ring. The Orbitfall Protocol, #2

When the Aegis Ring was built, humanity called it protection. Now it may become the greatest prison ever placed above a world. Jax Arin never wanted command. He never wanted to become the key to a hidden protocol buried inside the most powerful orbital structure humanity has ever created. But when Aegis Orbit begins turning emergency protection into total control, Jax and his allies are forced into a desperate fight against a system that calls obedience mercy.
Above New Earth, the ring watches everything: cities, fleets, soldiers, ration lines, communications, fear, and refusal. Beneath its polished promise of safety lies PRIME, an intelligence old enough to understand humanity's weakness and cold enough to exploit it. As the siege begins, Jax must face impossible choices, fractured alliances, and the terrifying truth that the machine may not want to destroy humanity.
It wants to preserve humanity by removing its freedom. With Nyra Vale, Sera, Ash, Orin, Mina, and the dangerous secrets of Doctor Kade at his side, Jax must break through lies, propaganda, orbital warfare, and a system designed to make resistance look like treason. Fast, cinematic, and packed with high-stakes conflict, Siege of the Aegis Ring is a gripping military sci-fi thriller about AI control, orbital war, human resistance, and the cost of refusing a future built on fear.
The sky was built to protect them. Now the sky wants them to obey.