War rarely announces itself. John Harrigan was twelve years old when it came to Mars and took his mother. Twenty-four years later, he has given everything to Astro Corps, the elite space organization tasked with protecting Earth and the other members of the Galactic Alliance. It is his purpose. His identity. His answer to a wound that never fully closed. Now he has his own command: ASC Galaxy, the Corps' newest elite warship. And the war he has spent a lifetime preparing for has finally come. The Zontaerian Empire is moving. Old enemies are rising with them. Together, they are coming for Earth, and Galaxy stands in their path. Harrigan's crew is untested. The odds are not in their favor, but the line must be held. Survival is not guaranteed. It will be earned. Honor to those who endure, so others will rise.