Consulate

When Commander Kevin Hoyt returns from a scouting mission he finds that he is wanted for treason. Despite his innocence, Hoyt flees with his family and tries to escape the inevitable. With the odds stacked against him, and the Consulate closing in, he is forced to seek refuge on an alien world.

A deadly enemy. A hidden weapon. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance. Five years after the explosive events of Traitor, Ensign Auden Hoyt serves aboard the CSS Pitfall, a Consulate Navy vessel sworn to protect peace across the stars. When a distress beacon from the Solar System draws the crew into deep space, they find more than just a freighter under siege—they uncover a threat that could change the course of the war. A powerful Heshian warship is bearing down, and the Pitfall is outgunned and outmatched.

The rebellion has arrived. As the Heshian uprising spreads across the stars, it strikes at the heart of Valara with terrifying force. But this is no ordinary invasion—the Heshians have unleashed a weapon unlike any seen before, one capable of turning allies into enemies and bending humanity to their will. With the Consulate on the brink of collapse, their fate rests in the hands of the Pitfall, a battle-weary crew with everything to lose.