Betrayal from Ashes

War is never clean. Honor doesn't always win out. Betrayal becomes the shadow currency that can tip the balance of power. Colonel Ashlyn Shaw learned those lessons the hard way. Five years ago, she lost her command and her freedom because of the machinations of those willing to betray Fuercon, the homeworld they'd sworn to protect. Supposed allies conspired with enemies. Now Fuercon and its allied systems face a war on multiple fronts. A war where the enemy doesn't want a diplomatic solution. One where the enemy claims victory based on the number of civilian deaths. This is not a war of attrition. It is a war for survival. It is also a war Ashlyn and her allies have every intention of winning. But to do so, they must first unravel the layers of a conspiracy that goes much deeper than any of them suspect. Honor and duty. Death before dishonor. Ooh-rah!