No one walks away from business with the three biggest corporations in the Union of Humanity. Cutthroat trade deals and bloody covert operations make that clear as the star system of Archangel tries to break free. Yet despite all their power, the Big Three are more vulnerable than anyone knowsleaving them desperate to make an example of Archangel. Tanner Malone would gladly avoid such struggles. Hed rather run out the clock on his enlistment in the Archangel Navy. Instead, hes been ordered back into the front lines of a cold war that quickly grows hot. He doesnt know about his governments shady deals, or about the old enemies lurking in the shadows. All he knows is that the sky is fallingand hell have to fight harder than ever if he doesnt want to be crushed beneath it.